Well, I got the job at Maine Preservation! It was almost anti-climatic when I heard the good news, probably because nothing could compare to all of the stress I had been going through, looking for new jobs and what not. My biggest fear was telling Old York. In fact, I only slept 2 hours the night before! My boss and the director were surprisingly non-stressed or vocal about it, so that was a HUGE relief! They both said that they know people need/have to move on and that, if anything, I picked a good time to bail since it's in between crazy seasons. While I officially gave them two weeks, I'm looking to work a deal with Maine Pres so that after the two weeks, I would come down to York one day a week for a few weeks to train the new person. There's no way they are going to get someone in this position and have me train them before I leave, it's just not possible. Still waiting to hear what Roxanne thinks about this, but I think she'll be accomodating.
I think this is a good move, despite the drama that unfolded during the past month. Not only will it get me on a real career path, it'll also give me the benefits I deserve after a year and a half of having multiple jobs - paid holidays! vacation time! sick time! I have to tell you, I was more excited about the paid holidays bit than I was with the pay raise ;-) And the money saved on gas alone is going to be fantastic! So that's that.
Well, if things work out, there might be three of us doing the non profit management thang.
ReplyDeleteGo USM!