The Wild Rover
04-03-06, 01:59 AM
Well Guys and Gals,
I was getting to the point of will I stay with my current company, or will I look and see if there were some better offers out there. It's tough, having my son and wife in Russia. I was looking for something more permanent close to Europe...I am Africa-ed out, so to speak. So I went to the employer contacts section of the site, and chose six I thought would have been worth pursuing. I worked on the resume for a few days to update it, and sent it out.
I received responses from all six, immediately, asking when I would be available. All six were interested, and some were good, some not so good as far as offers. I had offers from $27 per hour to $40 per hour. One was so good, it almost doubled my salary. I could have retired in 3-4 years of steady work. I have always had a great relationship with my employer (which shall remain nameless, for professional courtesy), through thick and thin, and he has always allowed me to pursue better options, as long as I finished my work at the present time I could always better my station and do what was right for me when the time was right. He was on board with this at the present time, and he decided, that the timing was right for himself to retire, and usher in some new blood into the management side of the business. One of my co-workers will replace him, and I will step into the Operations Manager position stateside...I wouldn't do it if it wasn't worth it. 15 years overseas, sometimes I can still see the roots, other times I am flowing where the winds blow me..ya know the feeling you get sometimes at night...will I ever settle down?
In basic English boys and girls, I am hanging them up. I am throwing my tools into the garage, and my son can have them to bang on the flowerpots if he wants to... You can all take bets on how long I will last, and nobody knows that for sure except the Big Project Manager in the Sky, but I will have to let the site management settle my position here at RatpackInt.
I expect this to all take place in late May, so you never know what will happen till then. I know some of you know me well, and are saying...Office puke? Yeah, but always a Tradesman. Oh yeah...taxes too, but I'll be in the best country in the world, and have my family with me...that's better than anyone can expect. I have come a long way since I was an electrical apprentice 25 years ago that didn't know the diffence between a 1/4" fender washer and a left handed box wrench...some will get the joke, and the others...won't.
My point is...never say never, and if you want it bad enough, and if you constantly work hard enough to better yourself, and your education, good things will happen.
God Bless, and see you on the next big one.
Rover:cheers
I was getting to the point of will I stay with my current company, or will I look and see if there were some better offers out there. It's tough, having my son and wife in Russia. I was looking for something more permanent close to Europe...I am Africa-ed out, so to speak. So I went to the employer contacts section of the site, and chose six I thought would have been worth pursuing. I worked on the resume for a few days to update it, and sent it out.
I received responses from all six, immediately, asking when I would be available. All six were interested, and some were good, some not so good as far as offers. I had offers from $27 per hour to $40 per hour. One was so good, it almost doubled my salary. I could have retired in 3-4 years of steady work. I have always had a great relationship with my employer (which shall remain nameless, for professional courtesy), through thick and thin, and he has always allowed me to pursue better options, as long as I finished my work at the present time I could always better my station and do what was right for me when the time was right. He was on board with this at the present time, and he decided, that the timing was right for himself to retire, and usher in some new blood into the management side of the business. One of my co-workers will replace him, and I will step into the Operations Manager position stateside...I wouldn't do it if it wasn't worth it. 15 years overseas, sometimes I can still see the roots, other times I am flowing where the winds blow me..ya know the feeling you get sometimes at night...will I ever settle down?
In basic English boys and girls, I am hanging them up. I am throwing my tools into the garage, and my son can have them to bang on the flowerpots if he wants to... You can all take bets on how long I will last, and nobody knows that for sure except the Big Project Manager in the Sky, but I will have to let the site management settle my position here at RatpackInt.
I expect this to all take place in late May, so you never know what will happen till then. I know some of you know me well, and are saying...Office puke? Yeah, but always a Tradesman. Oh yeah...taxes too, but I'll be in the best country in the world, and have my family with me...that's better than anyone can expect. I have come a long way since I was an electrical apprentice 25 years ago that didn't know the diffence between a 1/4" fender washer and a left handed box wrench...some will get the joke, and the others...won't.
My point is...never say never, and if you want it bad enough, and if you constantly work hard enough to better yourself, and your education, good things will happen.
God Bless, and see you on the next big one.
Rover:cheers