The Diva
I'm a little scared to say it, because my last experience with a potentially-exciting job change really burned me, but I think I really like my job.
My job title is officially "The Diva" (with a capital "T"). New boss loved that old boss was calling me that, and he thinks it's way more apt and interesting than "HR & Finance Manager." He even thinks that, should we ever get business cards (which we currently don't have), mine should say "The Diva." And the crazy part is, it's for a job that doesn't even require singing and dancing, but financial & HR prowess and a good deal of strategic & organizational abilities. Who woulda guessed?
I must say, it's invigorating being in a position in which my principal job function is using my brain and making decisions. Our new COO (who is also my new boss) wants me to do more of the big, discretion-requiring projects and far less of the "data entering and reviewing" that I had to do in my old job pre-downsizing. I'm actually being valued for my judgment and given authority to make decisions and put ideas in motion, and it feels AWESOME.
I only met new boss yesterday, but we've already been in three meetings together so far and I must say that my first impression of him is really positive. He immediately figured out that I am as smart a cookie as old boss (who is still CEO) said I was, and by the time I left work last night I had a good handle on the kind of work that he wanted me to do and I had an actual list of projects to start on. And he asked me, quite honestly, how I was going to do all of this working only 24 hours a week, and I said I didn't know if I could. He fully expects that the job I'm being asked to do is full-time, and if I want full time, I've got it. He asked what was keeping me from returning to full time, and I explained about helping my overwhelmed mom in the family business, and my other "job" and main interest in singing, but I have a feeling he's going to lean on me a bit about putting in more hours if I need to.
Right now I'm not sure about returning to full time. On the one hand, it's a job I'm actually excited about doing, with people I already know and like, in a profitable and growing company, and it's also more money (though the $ is playing a surprisingly small role in my current thought process). On the other hand, I've really appreciated the break that I've gotten from full-time work, and working part time seems to have contributed some to the improvement of my health and general well-being. For now I think I'll stick with the part-time for a month or two and see how it shakes out, but it's possible that in January (after my November vacation and caroling are over) I could go back to work full time. We'll see.
My job title is officially "The Diva" (with a capital "T"). New boss loved that old boss was calling me that, and he thinks it's way more apt and interesting than "HR & Finance Manager." He even thinks that, should we ever get business cards (which we currently don't have), mine should say "The Diva." And the crazy part is, it's for a job that doesn't even require singing and dancing, but financial & HR prowess and a good deal of strategic & organizational abilities. Who woulda guessed?
I must say, it's invigorating being in a position in which my principal job function is using my brain and making decisions. Our new COO (who is also my new boss) wants me to do more of the big, discretion-requiring projects and far less of the "data entering and reviewing" that I had to do in my old job pre-downsizing. I'm actually being valued for my judgment and given authority to make decisions and put ideas in motion, and it feels AWESOME.
I only met new boss yesterday, but we've already been in three meetings together so far and I must say that my first impression of him is really positive. He immediately figured out that I am as smart a cookie as old boss (who is still CEO) said I was, and by the time I left work last night I had a good handle on the kind of work that he wanted me to do and I had an actual list of projects to start on. And he asked me, quite honestly, how I was going to do all of this working only 24 hours a week, and I said I didn't know if I could. He fully expects that the job I'm being asked to do is full-time, and if I want full time, I've got it. He asked what was keeping me from returning to full time, and I explained about helping my overwhelmed mom in the family business, and my other "job" and main interest in singing, but I have a feeling he's going to lean on me a bit about putting in more hours if I need to.
Right now I'm not sure about returning to full time. On the one hand, it's a job I'm actually excited about doing, with people I already know and like, in a profitable and growing company, and it's also more money (though the $ is playing a surprisingly small role in my current thought process). On the other hand, I've really appreciated the break that I've gotten from full-time work, and working part time seems to have contributed some to the improvement of my health and general well-being. For now I think I'll stick with the part-time for a month or two and see how it shakes out, but it's possible that in January (after my November vacation and caroling are over) I could go back to work full time. We'll see.