
I love my job. Everyday I come into work I thank my lucky stars for getting the opportunity to be employed here. Im not sure if its the rock, or the hard place that I love more. See, Im a buyer. So half of my little world demands structure, procedures, and most important everything must be free. The other half of my world can be summed up by this statement "I want it here now, and I don't fucking care how it gets here" Im like the red headed stepchild of a retarded bi-polar couple.
That being said....I've been looking for a new job. Same field, just a different company to see if this is how this job functions in the real world.
I had an interview last week. I'll say the last part first. I ended up going home afterwards to drink the better half of a case of beer.
The website looked great, and turns out they are operating in 14 different countries with plans to expand. Looks good to me. The building is new, well maintained, and close to my house. I take a deep breath and go in for my interview.
The inside is amazing, plants everywhere, people seem to actually be smiling, everyone looks normal. Can this be? Do offices really look like this? Mine sure doesn't...
I meet my contact, she seems very nice and we begin. She's my age and you could tell she had not been in the position long. I smoked the interview. I was pulling relevant stories out of my ass, and it was perfect. I thought to myself, wow, this is too easy...There's got to be something wrong...and there was. After about 30 minutes she asks me if I have any questions. I do. Just one I say....
Me- "What is the salary range you guys are offering for this position?"
Jenn- "We were thinking around (read 10k less then what I make now)"
Me- "Well, thank you for your time, it was nice to meet you, but I am looking for something a little different".
End of interview....