and then there's this.
i'm watching an x-men video set to 'don't stop believin', thanks to Lee's video and the sheer oddity of the internet. i've been playing professor layton and the curious village on my ds. it's a fun game but i have a propensity to cheat on some of the puzzles because generally i try to solve them on the subway when my mind isn't in good puzzle-solving mode.
tomorrow I am getting a kitty.
In September I turned 29, and just afterward was told that maybe, hypothetically, if everything happened the way the managers thought at work, I might be interviewing for an assistant store manager position-- the next step up the management hierarchy for me. That sounded good to me, but all the details were vague to the max, and i was left speculating about which stores I might possibly find myself interviwing in. a week later i was told that i would DEFINITELY be getting a call from the store manager in the tribeca store, and to expect it soon.
three weeks passed! I didn't hear anything, and wasn't supposed to talk about it at work other than to the store manager, so was just kind of anxious and angsty over not hearing anything, it was fueling some irritating insomnia. i kept being reassured that i would be hearing something soon.
then, monday i was off work and finally got a phone call. i was surprised to hear from sara, the manager of the tribeca store, because i had basically figured she found someone else. apparently she had tried to contact me at work several times and left messages that never found their way to me. HAROOM! but we had an interview that day. i had already done some prep work so was feeling okay about interviewing. she told me to plan about an hour for the interview.
the interview was a little over 2 and a half hours. yikes! so much talking! and most of it wasn't even about the operational aspects of the job, which are an integral component. I was surprised and kept getting the impression that she just didn't like me. at the end of it i was terribly uncertain about how things would proceed. i already had resigned myself to not having the interview, but now i had it and felt like i had performed poorly. heaps of more angst as i felt that i had squandered my opportunity somehow.
On thursday we had a meeting at work from 7am to 10, half of which was about a new Lencioni team-building thing we were going to do. Not somethign I find particularly thrilling, even less so when i'm grouchy about work. I came home and prepared to take a nap -- since i had to go back at 5 to work until midnight. as i'm fixin' to lay down i get a phone call from Sara. I take a deep breath and prepare to be told that she's hired someone else. As I'm saying hello and we exchange pleasantries i'm feeling that hit deep in my stomach, clinching to be told that I suck and there's no place for that suck in her store. She says she's calling to offer me a job! I have never been so surprised. I was shocked by the development, but it's good news. The Tribeca store is closer to home and closes earlier, and I get a bit more money with the new position.
Mostly at work everyone has been congratulating me and telling me that I deserve the promotion, which is really good to hear. It's tough because there are a few people there that I really like working with, and these are the people who have decided to attempt to sabotage my transition by calling HR and accusing me of various indiscretions. One of the other managers, Jackie, actually started crying.
Anyway, I start in my new position on Tuesday. That makes my fourth store in new york city in a year and a half. Insanity!
that's the only large development. i think i'm going to celebrate by buying a new TV.
tomorrow I am getting a kitty.
In September I turned 29, and just afterward was told that maybe, hypothetically, if everything happened the way the managers thought at work, I might be interviewing for an assistant store manager position-- the next step up the management hierarchy for me. That sounded good to me, but all the details were vague to the max, and i was left speculating about which stores I might possibly find myself interviwing in. a week later i was told that i would DEFINITELY be getting a call from the store manager in the tribeca store, and to expect it soon.
three weeks passed! I didn't hear anything, and wasn't supposed to talk about it at work other than to the store manager, so was just kind of anxious and angsty over not hearing anything, it was fueling some irritating insomnia. i kept being reassured that i would be hearing something soon.
then, monday i was off work and finally got a phone call. i was surprised to hear from sara, the manager of the tribeca store, because i had basically figured she found someone else. apparently she had tried to contact me at work several times and left messages that never found their way to me. HAROOM! but we had an interview that day. i had already done some prep work so was feeling okay about interviewing. she told me to plan about an hour for the interview.
the interview was a little over 2 and a half hours. yikes! so much talking! and most of it wasn't even about the operational aspects of the job, which are an integral component. I was surprised and kept getting the impression that she just didn't like me. at the end of it i was terribly uncertain about how things would proceed. i already had resigned myself to not having the interview, but now i had it and felt like i had performed poorly. heaps of more angst as i felt that i had squandered my opportunity somehow.
On thursday we had a meeting at work from 7am to 10, half of which was about a new Lencioni team-building thing we were going to do. Not somethign I find particularly thrilling, even less so when i'm grouchy about work. I came home and prepared to take a nap -- since i had to go back at 5 to work until midnight. as i'm fixin' to lay down i get a phone call from Sara. I take a deep breath and prepare to be told that she's hired someone else. As I'm saying hello and we exchange pleasantries i'm feeling that hit deep in my stomach, clinching to be told that I suck and there's no place for that suck in her store. She says she's calling to offer me a job! I have never been so surprised. I was shocked by the development, but it's good news. The Tribeca store is closer to home and closes earlier, and I get a bit more money with the new position.
Mostly at work everyone has been congratulating me and telling me that I deserve the promotion, which is really good to hear. It's tough because there are a few people there that I really like working with, and these are the people who have decided to attempt to sabotage my transition by calling HR and accusing me of various indiscretions. One of the other managers, Jackie, actually started crying.
Anyway, I start in my new position on Tuesday. That makes my fourth store in new york city in a year and a half. Insanity!
that's the only large development. i think i'm going to celebrate by buying a new TV.