What's scorching your groove today? - Page 76

Pete Zicato · 07-26-2013, 04:53 PM

So, PW, what's the verdict? Move or stay?

orthodoc · 07-26-2013, 05:01 PM

There's stupidity on both sides of the aisle, but these idiots clearly weren't Democrats.

Perry Winkle · 07-27-2013, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

So, PW, what's the verdict? Move or stay?

No fucking clue. I accepted two weeks ago. Background check is still pending, so I haven't given notice and could still back out.

We are getting things ready so we can put our house on the market. But I don't know what we'll end up doing. Hard to cut loose the current gig when I like it so much and everything is going so well (I'll be getting a bonus right about the time I will be giving notice).

I hate being an adult. I can't make these decisions.

orthodoc · 07-27-2013, 11:08 PM

Adulthood can suck at times. Sorry this is hard, Perry. I sympathize.

Clodfobble · 07-28-2013, 08:30 AM

What does your wife say in all this, Perry?

ZenGum · 07-28-2013, 08:22 PM

My thoughts:

If you stay, things will probably be pretty good.

If you move, things will probably be pretty good.

In both cases, the combo of work/salary/package/lifestyle will be such that whether or not you are *happy* will be depend, not on the work-package, but on your stance toward it and other aspects of your and your family's lives.

What is it that the new position offers that you aren't getting now? Can you talk with your current boss to see if something along those lines can be found for you here?

footfootfoot · 07-29-2013, 07:45 PM

Sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 08:09 AM

Background check cleared yesterday. Now to either rebuff the suitor or submit my resignation.

I think I will be rebuffing the suitor, as much as it pains me to go back on my word. (As my inner voice screams about how shiny the suitor is. Probably has to do with all the buffing.)

Thanks for the advice all.

glatt · 07-30-2013, 08:18 AM

It sounds like you know it's the right call.

Griff · 07-30-2013, 12:41 PM

I didn't want to weigh in because you needed to figure it out for yourself. It sounds like you know where you need to be.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 04:26 PM

Made my choice. Informed the relevant parties. Staying put.

Felt like chopping off a limb. It's probably the right decision. We'll never know, right?

orthodoc · 07-30-2013, 04:40 PM

My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus.

Thanks for the perspective. I'm the king of ruminating on every decision.

Sometimes it feels like all I do is make decisions to keep my bipolar disorder under control. I need the reminder that that's not a trivial or idiotic thing, no matter how limiting it feels.

lumberjim · 08-02-2013, 10:49 AM

The new controller in our office is scorching my groove. She keeps sending emails telling me and my boss and his boss how many deals are on the open deal list. "Today there are 44 deals on the open deal list and no new deals made it into accounting yesterday." Like she has no idea that when you are delivering 10 cars in a day you really don't have time to bill them and put them into accounting.

14 of those 44 deals were not even on the road yet. Another 20 are all fucked up and can't be billed for this for that reason.... I have worked from 9 a_m till 11 p_m the last 4 days straight. I am really not in the mood for any shit from a jumped up secretary.

I just got off the phone with my boss. I called to yell at him about these emails. He gets it.... He sees me running around like a 1 armed paper hanger all day

he just says ignore her. I would prefer to.... something something something dark side.

footfootfoot · 08-02-2013, 12:35 PM

Knock knock. You say "who's there?"

Who's there?

Controller. You say "controller who?"

07-26-2013, 04:53 PM	#1126
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	So, PW, what's the verdict? Move or stay? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-26-2013, 05:01 PM	#1127
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	There's stupidity on both sides of the aisle, but these idiots clearly weren't Democrats. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-27-2013, 11:08 PM	#1129
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Adulthood can suck at times. Sorry this is hard, Perry. I sympathize. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-28-2013, 08:30 AM	#1130
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07-28-2013, 08:22 PM	#1131
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	My thoughts: If you stay, things will probably be pretty good. If you move, things will probably be pretty good. In both cases, the combo of work/salary/package/lifestyle will be such that whether or not you are happy will be depend, not on the work-package, but on your stance toward it and other aspects of your and your family's lives. What is it that the new position offers that you aren't getting now? Can you talk with your current boss to see if something along those lines can be found for you here? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-29-2013, 07:45 PM	#1132
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-30-2013, 08:09 AM	#1133
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Background check cleared yesterday. Now to either rebuff the suitor or submit my resignation. I think I will be rebuffing the suitor, as much as it pains me to go back on my word. (As my inner voice screams about how shiny the suitor is. Probably has to do with all the buffing.) Thanks for the advice all.

07-30-2013, 08:18 AM	#1134
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It sounds like you know it's the right call.

07-30-2013, 12:41 PM	#1135
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I didn't want to weigh in because you needed to figure it out for yourself. It sounds like you know where you need to be. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-30-2013, 04:26 PM	#1136
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Made my choice. Informed the relevant parties. Staying put. Felt like chopping off a limb. It's probably the right decision. We'll never know, right?

07-30-2013, 04:40 PM	#1137
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-02-2013, 10:49 AM	#1139
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The new controller in our office is scorching my groove. She keeps sending emails telling me and my boss and his boss how many deals are on the open deal list. "Today there are 44 deals on the open deal list and no new deals made it into accounting yesterday." Like she has no idea that when you are delivering 10 cars in a day you really don't have time to bill them and put them into accounting. 14 of those 44 deals were not even on the road yet. Another 20 are all fucked up and can't be billed for this for that reason.... I have worked from 9 a_m till 11 p_m the last 4 days straight. I am really not in the mood for any shit from a jumped up secretary. I just got off the phone with my boss. I called to yell at him about these emails. He gets it.... He sees me running around like a 1 armed paper hanger all day he just says ignore her. I would prefer to.... something something something dark side. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-02-2013, 12:35 PM	#1140
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Knock knock. You say "who's there?" Who's there? Controller. You say "controller who?" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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