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Time line of madness at work goes like this.
June 2008 I get hired
September 2008 Associate Director gets fired.
December 2008 I get asked to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation during the holidays in order to save the organization some money.
December 2008 I begin to look for a new job. I decide to be picky and not take the first thing that comes up.
March 2009 Executive Director gets fired
March 2009 Interim Director takes over. Only comes to office once a week.
September 2009 interviews begin for new Executive Director. We've been virtually leaderless for 6 months.
September 2009 I am not even considered for the Executive Director position. I am told I am not nearly qualified for the position.
October 2009 I receive notice that my salary will be cut by 30%.
October 2009 I begin to aggressively search for a new job.
November 2009 During a non job related interview with a State Assemblyman, I receive an informal job offer to be Executive Director of an organization. Job to open in June or July of 2010.
November 2009 At an event, a coworker creates a commotion and outbursts at me in front of the City Councilman Staff. Interim Director asks ME to write a letter of apology to the Council Office for the incident.
December 2009 Job offer is getting serious. They seem to really want me if I can survive till June or July 2010.
December 2009 New Executive Director starts. She tells me my workload will increase in the coming months.
I left my job at Rec & Parks because I knew cuts were coming and I was in danger of being laid off. I left a job where I had nearly 10 years service time for something that offered me more freedom and a higher salary. Before accepting their offer I asked if the struggling economy was going to a factor. I was told we were beyond secure. Being the paranoid person that I am, I took a demotion at Rec & Parks were I could keep my benefits and stay on payroll as a part time employee. This worked out great after I had my salary cut. Its the only way I've been able to pay the bills lately.
This new job offer is for a non-profit that I helped form in January of this year. I've been their Government Relations Committee Chair for the last 10 months. When I agreed to form this non-profit I knew that eventually there would be a job possibility in the works. I never thought it would be this soon or that it would come from the Board President and not my suggestion. This makes me feel confident of my abilities. Especially when they want me to lead the effort on a $1,000,000,000+ project. (yes that's 3 comas). The only problem is that because we are a young non-profit, we don't have very much money in the back at the moment and cannot hire me right now. I hired 2 consultants in November to lobby and fund raise for us enough to get the organization the necessary $3,000,000 for an environmental impact report and pay their own salary. They figure to have a years salary for me by June or July.
New job figures to pay me 50% more than my current job payed me before the pay cut.
Theres more to say but I'm at the office and its quitting time.
June 2008 I get hired
September 2008 Associate Director gets fired.
December 2008 I get asked to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation during the holidays in order to save the organization some money.
December 2008 I begin to look for a new job. I decide to be picky and not take the first thing that comes up.
March 2009 Executive Director gets fired
March 2009 Interim Director takes over. Only comes to office once a week.
September 2009 interviews begin for new Executive Director. We've been virtually leaderless for 6 months.
September 2009 I am not even considered for the Executive Director position. I am told I am not nearly qualified for the position.
October 2009 I receive notice that my salary will be cut by 30%.
October 2009 I begin to aggressively search for a new job.
November 2009 During a non job related interview with a State Assemblyman, I receive an informal job offer to be Executive Director of an organization. Job to open in June or July of 2010.
November 2009 At an event, a coworker creates a commotion and outbursts at me in front of the City Councilman Staff. Interim Director asks ME to write a letter of apology to the Council Office for the incident.
December 2009 Job offer is getting serious. They seem to really want me if I can survive till June or July 2010.
December 2009 New Executive Director starts. She tells me my workload will increase in the coming months.
I left my job at Rec & Parks because I knew cuts were coming and I was in danger of being laid off. I left a job where I had nearly 10 years service time for something that offered me more freedom and a higher salary. Before accepting their offer I asked if the struggling economy was going to a factor. I was told we were beyond secure. Being the paranoid person that I am, I took a demotion at Rec & Parks were I could keep my benefits and stay on payroll as a part time employee. This worked out great after I had my salary cut. Its the only way I've been able to pay the bills lately.
This new job offer is for a non-profit that I helped form in January of this year. I've been their Government Relations Committee Chair for the last 10 months. When I agreed to form this non-profit I knew that eventually there would be a job possibility in the works. I never thought it would be this soon or that it would come from the Board President and not my suggestion. This makes me feel confident of my abilities. Especially when they want me to lead the effort on a $1,000,000,000+ project. (yes that's 3 comas). The only problem is that because we are a young non-profit, we don't have very much money in the back at the moment and cannot hire me right now. I hired 2 consultants in November to lobby and fund raise for us enough to get the organization the necessary $3,000,000 for an environmental impact report and pay their own salary. They figure to have a years salary for me by June or July.
New job figures to pay me 50% more than my current job payed me before the pay cut.
Theres more to say but I'm at the office and its quitting time.
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Magilla
08 December 2009 - 01:02 AM
Wow, it's been an interesting couple of years for you! Keep hanging in there!
Ido2havegoats
09 December 2009 - 08:16 PM
UPDATE!
On December 8th, I was laid off. I have till the end of the month. Five people in total were let go.
On December 8th, I was laid off. I have till the end of the month. Five people in total were let go.
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