More employment issues
I think I'm insane. Well either insane, or just a coward. Helena found
a job in the paper the other day that she thought I might be interested in.
It's a team leader position with Brisbane City council, and pays 53K a year,
which is nearly 10K more than I'm getting at the moment. It was a great job,
with a skillset requirement that I mostly match.
But the thing is, I let it slide without applying for it, and the reason for
this is simply that the skillset I have is largely theoretical at this stage.
We're getting to the stage at work at the moment where a lot of this will be
implemented, but at this time, I know the words without knowing the
practicalities. That being said, who knows if I would have grown in to the job
or not, and I certainly could have done with the interview experience if
nothing else.
But I've got this whole guilt thing. I couldn't apply for the job without
telling my current manager I've done so, and that is a problem. Because if I
apply and don't get the job, I've still told her I'm looking. And that means I
don't get more training, I don't get more money spent on me, because they know
I've got no intentions of staying around. And if that's the case, then it
becomes self fulfilling, as I really am left with no choice but to start
looking for work in other places. And that's something I'm not really convinced
I've got the experience for yet. It has a real chance of meaning that I go
backwards in income, and that's something I can't live with.
So, I took the safe way out and didn't apply for the job at all. I really wish
I had some real job experience outside of this place. I'm not willing
to take risks when I've got it so good here, and I don't know what it's like
elsewhere. So, there it is, I'm a coward :)
a job in the paper the other day that she thought I might be interested in.
It's a team leader position with Brisbane City council, and pays 53K a year,
which is nearly 10K more than I'm getting at the moment. It was a great job,
with a skillset requirement that I mostly match.
But the thing is, I let it slide without applying for it, and the reason for
this is simply that the skillset I have is largely theoretical at this stage.
We're getting to the stage at work at the moment where a lot of this will be
implemented, but at this time, I know the words without knowing the
practicalities. That being said, who knows if I would have grown in to the job
or not, and I certainly could have done with the interview experience if
nothing else.
But I've got this whole guilt thing. I couldn't apply for the job without
telling my current manager I've done so, and that is a problem. Because if I
apply and don't get the job, I've still told her I'm looking. And that means I
don't get more training, I don't get more money spent on me, because they know
I've got no intentions of staying around. And if that's the case, then it
becomes self fulfilling, as I really am left with no choice but to start
looking for work in other places. And that's something I'm not really convinced
I've got the experience for yet. It has a real chance of meaning that I go
backwards in income, and that's something I can't live with.
So, I took the safe way out and didn't apply for the job at all. I really wish
I had some real job experience outside of this place. I'm not willing
to take risks when I've got it so good here, and I don't know what it's like
elsewhere. So, there it is, I'm a coward :)