Paula Karr
24th January 2008, 08:12 PM (20:12)
I took a new job 4 months ago, after 17 years with the same company. It was a chance to do something completely different, and I'm fortunate enough to be in a position where I was able to take a risk and give it a try.
Turns out I was good at what I was doing, but I've never been happy working with a micro-manager. My new boss turned out to be the President of the Micro-Managers of the World Association.
:basic03
On Monday afternoon, he went over the line, and I knew it wasn't going to get any better. I went in on Tuesday morning and quit. Great. We just charged three airline tickets to London and put down a deposit on a flat for a week there with our granddaughter. And now I was unemployed.
Yesterday, my husband sent me a quick text message: "New Job." (We were working for the same company until Tuesday morning.) Turns out that when the president of the company heard that I had left, she (not a fan of my former boss) asked if I would be willing to do freelance work for them. So here's where I find myself:
Working at home
Making a higher hourly rate than my previous salaried rate
Able to pick and choose my own hours
Told that the company did NOT want to lose my skills
Being asked to do special projects that I had enjoyed doing at the office -- but they weren't part of my real job, so my boss complained about my doing them (but never within hearing of the company president, for whom I was doing them)
I'm so blessed!
Paula
Turns out I was good at what I was doing, but I've never been happy working with a micro-manager. My new boss turned out to be the President of the Micro-Managers of the World Association.
:basic03
On Monday afternoon, he went over the line, and I knew it wasn't going to get any better. I went in on Tuesday morning and quit. Great. We just charged three airline tickets to London and put down a deposit on a flat for a week there with our granddaughter. And now I was unemployed.
Yesterday, my husband sent me a quick text message: "New Job." (We were working for the same company until Tuesday morning.) Turns out that when the president of the company heard that I had left, she (not a fan of my former boss) asked if I would be willing to do freelance work for them. So here's where I find myself:
Working at home
Making a higher hourly rate than my previous salaried rate
Able to pick and choose my own hours
Told that the company did NOT want to lose my skills
Being asked to do special projects that I had enjoyed doing at the office -- but they weren't part of my real job, so my boss complained about my doing them (but never within hearing of the company president, for whom I was doing them)
I'm so blessed!
Paula