So my life is going to drastically change within the next 6 months, and it's causing me a great deal of stress. Since I'm not a very stressed person in general I feel like it is affecting me too much.
I posted before about how my (and others) position is being moved to Denver. They finally gave us a date: June 15. Upon learning that I thought it sounded like as good a time as any to get the hell out of Kansas (it's not terrible, but I don't particularly like it here). My lease is up at the end of September, and my girlfriend is moving back to south Florida because her parents are there, and she wants to be near them.
We both decided that I can just move with her because my company has a huge office in Orlando. The problem is I didn't know what to do for a job for the three months between June and September. My company is offering me severance, but if I take it I can't work for the company again for X period of time. My alternative was to take a temp position here in my current office doing work that I used to do here four years ago. It was a fantastic plan. I have my current position until 6/15 and then I do old grunt work for three months, then move to Orlando and get a new position still with the company (I've been talking to a recruiter down there).
Now they are only guaranteeing my temp position until July 1, a mere 16 days longer than my other job. They say I might be able to stay longer, but the guarantee is only until July 1, so I'm assuming (safely) that I am only staying until July 1. What should I do for the remaining three months? And to top it off, my girlfriend keeps asking if I'm sure I want to move, which makes me feel like she doesn't want me to. She says that isn't the case, and I believe her (hard to explain, but I know her thought process very well), but it still makes me uneasy.
I almost want to wash my hands of the whole situation and just move to Denver alone and keep my current job.
Update:
Well... damn. There ended up not being anything available for me in the Orlando office, and they filled my current position that's being moved to Denver, so on June 15th I'm done. I'll get two months of severance, though.
Now I have to decide what I should do. No matter where I am I have to hunt for a job. I don't want to stay here in Kansas, but is it worth the risk to move jobless? Kansas just isn't for me anymore so I want to leave, and this seems like a perfect opportunity to do so. I'm still looking at Denver because it's a change, but I don't know if the risk is worth it... /sigh
Update 2:
Amazing how nothing ever works out how you think.
I ended up getting another position in this same office, and so did my girlfriend. She wants to stay with me and is willing to stay here. I never thought I'd be staying here, especially not with her, especially not in the same office, and especially not in this position. Crazy.
At least I have a job.
I posted before about how my (and others) position is being moved to Denver. They finally gave us a date: June 15. Upon learning that I thought it sounded like as good a time as any to get the hell out of Kansas (it's not terrible, but I don't particularly like it here). My lease is up at the end of September, and my girlfriend is moving back to south Florida because her parents are there, and she wants to be near them.
We both decided that I can just move with her because my company has a huge office in Orlando. The problem is I didn't know what to do for a job for the three months between June and September. My company is offering me severance, but if I take it I can't work for the company again for X period of time. My alternative was to take a temp position here in my current office doing work that I used to do here four years ago. It was a fantastic plan. I have my current position until 6/15 and then I do old grunt work for three months, then move to Orlando and get a new position still with the company (I've been talking to a recruiter down there).
Now they are only guaranteeing my temp position until July 1, a mere 16 days longer than my other job. They say I might be able to stay longer, but the guarantee is only until July 1, so I'm assuming (safely) that I am only staying until July 1. What should I do for the remaining three months? And to top it off, my girlfriend keeps asking if I'm sure I want to move, which makes me feel like she doesn't want me to. She says that isn't the case, and I believe her (hard to explain, but I know her thought process very well), but it still makes me uneasy.
I almost want to wash my hands of the whole situation and just move to Denver alone and keep my current job.
Update:
Well... damn. There ended up not being anything available for me in the Orlando office, and they filled my current position that's being moved to Denver, so on June 15th I'm done. I'll get two months of severance, though.
Now I have to decide what I should do. No matter where I am I have to hunt for a job. I don't want to stay here in Kansas, but is it worth the risk to move jobless? Kansas just isn't for me anymore so I want to leave, and this seems like a perfect opportunity to do so. I'm still looking at Denver because it's a change, but I don't know if the risk is worth it... /sigh
Update 2:
Amazing how nothing ever works out how you think.
I ended up getting another position in this same office, and so did my girlfriend. She wants to stay with me and is willing to stay here. I never thought I'd be staying here, especially not with her, especially not in the same office, and especially not in this position. Crazy.
At least I have a job.
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