"It's in my blood and it's all around"
I have not made any decisions of what I want to do come January. You wouldn't think that this would be such a hard decision between Red Robin and Disney, but I am struggling! I think part of the struggle is that I don't have a solid plan for either company. Perhaps, when I have future details of both, I'll feel more confident of the future for one or the other. A coworker said to me today after going to Red Robin with me "You can tell Red Robin in your blood". While that is an obvious statement, most of my previous Red Robin coworkers would say that Disney is "in my blood". To me, the companies really have similar core values. They are both good fits for me. I may just plain come down to if I want to "start over" again or not. It's very likely that I will have to get a front line job at Disney, to those that don't know what the means, it means something in the parks/resorts likely paying minimum wage. That would not be my plan for very long, but I've done the low man on the totem pole job already for years, I'm ready to move on in my professional life, I don't need to be reassured that I have good customer service skills. I try to remember the reasons I left Red Robin in the first place. I wanted to work for Disney. I'm glad I made that choice because I would have always wondered and I would never trade these experiences for anything. If anything, it made me appreciate all the experiences from Red Robin that I was trusted with being responsible for. However, the job I really want at Red Robin doesn't exist, at least not yet. I think one thing that I've gained since I've been on a RR hiatus is that innovation is a good thing. Things don't always have to be the same. I know that RR was looking for people like that at the end of my time there and I think I'm grasping that concept, but still sticking to the idea of if it's not broken don't fix it. I think I'm a good balance. Sigh...I really can't make a decision until I have concrete offers from either place. Lots to consider, lots of thinking to do, still a few weeks to go. I would love to talk this out with anyone that wants to listen or offer thoughts. Just send me a message on Facebook!