naked_obesity (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} naked_obesity) wrote,@ 2006-09-10 19:12:00 |
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Stress and Jobs
Lately I have been very stressed out about life in general.
I have been at my job for almost 3 years and working for a complete ass if you ask me. I have been mislead about raises and promotions and have still given my all to this job just the same. I recently had a review and was trashed in this review by my boss, but nothing in the review had to do with my current job performance of the past year. I have been a project manager on a big project for my company which has been a success and ended on time even with tons of set-backs during the project. Along with the success of this project I have also been given big kudos during the project by the vendors and other managers I work with. Then I show up for my review and get trashed by a boss I have not really worked for at all this past year due to this project. He does not talk about all of my accomplishments this past year, and throws a ton of crap at me from well over a year ago. Well, for the first time since I started at this company I started responding to job offer emails and phone calls. I end up with three offers and this is where my stress begins.
All three offers are for at least 7k more than I am making at my current job. One is out of town and would require a big move; let’s call this one “TOWN”. One is for a local company doing exactly what I am doing now and not really much of a move forward other than the money; let’s call this one “SAME”. The last one is for a local company and a move forward as it is a 100% project manager position; let’s call this one “BETTER”.
Right off the bat I called the insurance companies because getting my surgery has been very important to me over the last 6+ months. The “BETTER” jobs insurance tells me that they do not cover the surgery for any reason so I have to put that job out of my head. The “SAME” jobs insurance tells me that it is covered which then presents the next issue. With my old job I have been gearing up for the surgery. I have done my 6 months of medical visits to qualify for the surgery and was getting ready to step up to the next level which is planning for the actual date. With the “OLD” job I am covered by FLMA and short term disability. With the new jobs I will need to wait one year to be covered by FLMA and short term does not kick in for 3 months which means if I get it done before FLMA I take the chance of losing my job. In my talks with the new “BETTER” company I bring up that the medical is the only issue holding me back. They talk and bring up that fact that I could keep my old insurance via COBRA which I had not thought about. In these talks I mention the surgery I want and my possible new boss tells me his wife had the surgery almost 2 years ago. We talk about the time off issue for the surgery and he tells me as long as we plan it out it should be ok.
So my stress continues. Which job should I take and why? Which will be better for me in the long run? There is more but I have posted enough for now.
Lately I have been very stressed out about life in general.
I have been at my job for almost 3 years and working for a complete ass if you ask me. I have been mislead about raises and promotions and have still given my all to this job just the same. I recently had a review and was trashed in this review by my boss, but nothing in the review had to do with my current job performance of the past year. I have been a project manager on a big project for my company which has been a success and ended on time even with tons of set-backs during the project. Along with the success of this project I have also been given big kudos during the project by the vendors and other managers I work with. Then I show up for my review and get trashed by a boss I have not really worked for at all this past year due to this project. He does not talk about all of my accomplishments this past year, and throws a ton of crap at me from well over a year ago. Well, for the first time since I started at this company I started responding to job offer emails and phone calls. I end up with three offers and this is where my stress begins.
All three offers are for at least 7k more than I am making at my current job. One is out of town and would require a big move; let’s call this one “TOWN”. One is for a local company doing exactly what I am doing now and not really much of a move forward other than the money; let’s call this one “SAME”. The last one is for a local company and a move forward as it is a 100% project manager position; let’s call this one “BETTER”.
Right off the bat I called the insurance companies because getting my surgery has been very important to me over the last 6+ months. The “BETTER” jobs insurance tells me that they do not cover the surgery for any reason so I have to put that job out of my head. The “SAME” jobs insurance tells me that it is covered which then presents the next issue. With my old job I have been gearing up for the surgery. I have done my 6 months of medical visits to qualify for the surgery and was getting ready to step up to the next level which is planning for the actual date. With the “OLD” job I am covered by FLMA and short term disability. With the new jobs I will need to wait one year to be covered by FLMA and short term does not kick in for 3 months which means if I get it done before FLMA I take the chance of losing my job. In my talks with the new “BETTER” company I bring up that the medical is the only issue holding me back. They talk and bring up that fact that I could keep my old insurance via COBRA which I had not thought about. In these talks I mention the surgery I want and my possible new boss tells me his wife had the surgery almost 2 years ago. We talk about the time off issue for the surgery and he tells me as long as we plan it out it should be ok.
So my stress continues. Which job should I take and why? Which will be better for me in the long run? There is more but I have posted enough for now.
