Comanche County Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Best of luck to you bud. Sounds like its going well. From the employer's perspective, it is very difficult to find good people, even harder to find good people and keep them. Its why there's an entire Headhunter industry. Most of the time companies are willing to pay headhunters to do all of the work to find candidates, set up initial interviews, then if the person hired actually works out and stays on for an agreed time frame, usually a year, the company then pays the headhunter a set percentage of the salary. Hourly guys aren't excluded either, headhunters will find anyone. The company I worked for in CO owed the headhunter 25% of my salary once I hit the one year mark. When I gave notice the boss took me out to lunch. We discussed the state of the company, any grievances I had and asked for my recommendations how they could improve in several areas of the company. We had a great relationship and they did not want me to leave. He finally asked how much it would take to keep me. He started throwing out numbers and offered just under what he was getting paid which was 60% over my salary. But I was leaving for a job that paid 160% more. I respectfully declined and continued to the new job. It was great while it lasted, but in retrospect now, I should have taken his offer and stayed in CO. I'd be happily gathering parts and turning wrenches for Sir Sam and Jimoshel right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 I have a feeling that when I finally get to sit down and discuss my options with the bosses they will ask me what it would take to stay. This is going to put me in a really awkward position since my choice to leave my job isn't because I'm getting paid more elsewhere, but because I simply want to be closer with the one I love so that we can start taking ACTUAL steps towards the next part of our relationship. So now I have to put a price tag on love....interesting. As for my job search in Maryland - I've found a few government jobs through the websites you guys posted - thanks! I also found a few positions at some power generation stations that I may be a little bit underqualified for, but I'm going to send my resume to them anyway and see what happens. My hope that is if I am able to go part time at my new job, I can take extra days, without pay obviously, to drive down to Maryland and do some interviews. I fully anticipate the job hunt to be a long one so hopefully I can continue doing part time work at my current job. If they decide to dump me (which I feel would be unlikely), I've got plenty of funds to get me through for a while and plenty of other sources of income generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 The meeting went well. My bosses understood the situation that I'm in and thought I was making a good decision. We talked over some options, but ultimately decided for me to switch from my full-time salary to part-time hourly, starting next month. There will still be some weeks where I'll put in 40+ hours, but it will now allow me to take some extended periods of time off to start cleaning up my shop, getting ready for the move, and finding a job/place to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakal Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 GREAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 At my current job, they treat us like CRAP. We are currently in litigation with them for the way they treat us, and our pay as compared to other areas. After heading up the union for us, you really get to see the true colors of those you work for. I have a few applications out now, and more coming down the line... Be sure to watch for this when I get a job: ZIct-QkElFM Rob :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 A burnt bridge can't be crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STERLING STINGER Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I'm sure that you don't want to hear this, but this is the voice of experience talking: don't leave a job until you have another one. If the relationship is good she will still be there. just my .02 mine too. get your other one before leaving. :agree: :agree: :agree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Well even though I was technically a part-time employee for the months of June and July, I was still working full-time hours, and then some. My company compensated me for it, though and those two months were my biggest payday months of my 2.5 year career with them. Understandably, they stopped giving me new work and hired two new employees that took over the bulk of other projects I had on my plate. So, towards the end of July, the work was getting pretty slow and I felt it was a waste of my time and company resources for me to come in and sit behind a computer for 8 hours a day and only doing a half hour of work. Told them to give me a call when they needed me, but never received a call all through the month of August. Eventually just announced that my last day was July 31 for record/tax purposes. Started looking for jobs in Maryland around where my girlfriend works. I knew I wasn't going to get anything that close, but was hoping for Annapolis or something nearby. Then I see an ad on Craigslist for a job that's in the same town my GF lives/works in. Took a look at it and it actually sounded like something I would enjoy - mechanical design and product development. Sent off my resume to them, but didn't expect them to take me seriously with an NJ address. Talked to my GFs mother and asked if I could use her address on my resume so they'd take me as a legit candidate. She said sure, so I sent them a follow-up e-mail with the new address. A couple of weeks went by and then I received a call from someone at the company. Talked to him for about 30 minutes and he invited me down for an interview. Interview went alright, but they tested me in a bunch of different areas - specifically Solidworks - which I haven't used in a few years. Didn't think I did too well, but they called me a couple of days later and asked me to come back for a second interview to meet with their director of engineering. Came back down for it and met with the mechanical engineering supervisor and the director of engineering. These two guys absolutely drilled me in the interview asking me a bunch of fundamental engineering questions and asking me to walk them through how to solve real world problems - almost like I was taking an oral exam. I absolutely flubbed it and felt like such an idiot since I was stumbling on basic engineering principals and was very unsure of myself. After their oral exam, they talked to me for a bit more, but all I could think about were the other job opportunities I had received over the weeks and which ones I should pursue. So the director of engineering has to leave, but the mechanical engineering supervisor invited me out to lunch. Figured it was to thank me for coming down twice, but I wasn't really what they were looking for. Ate a nice lunch, made small talk, and then after the check came, I was offered a position that matched my previous salary. I've got five days to figure out if I want to take it, but I'm leaning towards yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've got five days to figure out if I want to take it, but I'm leaning towards yes. Congrats! I've never dabbled much in 3D modeling, most of the stuff I do is 2D plan and profile stuff. What I have done with 3D, it was fun and I could really see getting into it. Even though all of that engineering stuff didn't come to the surface in the interview, its still in there somewhere and they know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Thank you! I did a lot of 3D modeling in college with SolidWorks, but then my previous job was all 2D modeling, but it really should be been done in 3D as we would have saved a lot of time and headaches. I'm kind of excited to get back into the 3D stuff and designing parts/assemblies. This company seems to have a pretty quick turn-around time when they do their prototyping so I'll be able to see my designs come to life within weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrand Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 So, this job is in the town where your GF is, and the pay is as good as you had before, and you'd like the work? Sounds like a win-win-win to me. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Thank you. Not only is the job in the same town as where my GF lives, but it's in the same business park. She's literally two buildings away from mine - maybe a two minute walk. Biggest sticking point right now is I need to find a place of my own. Been looking at some of the condo's on the water with their own dock and boat slip. I'll wait and see what this hurricane does, first. Those condos might not be there after this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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