Work to Live, not Live to Work
It's abeen a long while since I've had anything to post but I'm at something of a cross-roads and wanted to record things to keep my thoughts straight.
I've been in my present role at work for just over 2 years, since starting at the company I've grown and developed, taken on new responsbilities but also been passed up for an oppertunity to move into management. I'm content with the role, but also very stressed at the organisational failures of the company which leave me having to placate customers on a regular basis.
So, I was talking to an aquantance who works in IT, he mentioned that his place was recruiting, and I shot my CV over on a whim. Turns out, I'm just what they're looking for and I've been offered a new job.
The role is something similar, but with a lot more depth and complexity to it, and it comes with a greater degree of responsibility for project management and change planning. The company itself is an international company, far larger than anything I've ever worked for, which means it offers far better long term prospects for me to grow my career.
I'm feeling very nervous about the change, guilty that I'll be leaving my current employer behind as I can see the hole it leaves in the team that will take them several months to fill but I also don't think that I can, in good conscience abandon my growing responsbilities to provide for Louise and myself on the basis that I'm hard to replace.
One question I do ask myself though was "When on earth did I get all grown up?"
I've been in my present role at work for just over 2 years, since starting at the company I've grown and developed, taken on new responsbilities but also been passed up for an oppertunity to move into management. I'm content with the role, but also very stressed at the organisational failures of the company which leave me having to placate customers on a regular basis.
So, I was talking to an aquantance who works in IT, he mentioned that his place was recruiting, and I shot my CV over on a whim. Turns out, I'm just what they're looking for and I've been offered a new job.
The role is something similar, but with a lot more depth and complexity to it, and it comes with a greater degree of responsibility for project management and change planning. The company itself is an international company, far larger than anything I've ever worked for, which means it offers far better long term prospects for me to grow my career.
I'm feeling very nervous about the change, guilty that I'll be leaving my current employer behind as I can see the hole it leaves in the team that will take them several months to fill but I also don't think that I can, in good conscience abandon my growing responsbilities to provide for Louise and myself on the basis that I'm hard to replace.
One question I do ask myself though was "When on earth did I get all grown up?"