Tuesday, July 19, 2005
So.....the interview
Honestly....my overall feeling right now is one of ambivalence.
1. While it would be nice to get a mile walk everyday, the area I have to walk through is scary, and this was in daylight. At one point, I was waiting at an intersection, for the WALK sign to go my way, and I heard someone shout Look that that high-priced whore on the corner! I quickly glanced around, only to realize that I was the only woman in the immediate area....
2. The cube I'd work in is tiny....and the desktop is very lime green. A silly thing to not like, but I think the area you work in has some affect on your mood.
3. I just wasn't feeling "it" about the whole prospect of this job. I don't think I'd have any real chance to go forward with my career....I'd just be doing exactly what I do now, only on a larger scale. At 1 point during the interview, the VP of HR mentioned that he thought I might get bored with the job in 2-3 years, and want to move on from them too.....
4. The benefits are.....so-so. I'd have to pay part of my dental, medical, & visual....and right now I get all that for free. They have a retirement program, but there's no company match until you've been there for 3 years.....and it's only a 35 hour work-week....so I'd actually have the potential to be making less money, even if they were paying me slightly more $$ per hour. To make the $37,294 annual I make now, at 35 hours per week, they would have to pay me $20.49 per hour.
So as things stand right now....my immediate thought is that taking this job (if it were offered to me), would not be a step up....at best, it would just be a lateral move. I don't think I'd have the potential to learn anything new or to gain skills that I don't already have.....and both of those things are important to me right now.
I'm thinking, I might have a better opportunity to just stay where I'm at, IF they actually follow through and deliver what they say they will.
I'm thinking.....that maybe it's just best to sit on this for a few more months......
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