Well folks, I finally have an update on this whole promotion thing.
As of today, I officially accepted their offer, and will transfer to dayshift on Sept. 1st, after having been a swingshift worker since Jan. 24th, 1984. I've filled-in for my boss for a total of four weeks within the past three months, while he has been burning up his vacation hours. By my doing so, it afforded me the opportunity to sort of "test drive" the position, as well as giving me a taste of the nasty-ass commute home (I refer to it as "traffuck"). I wake up at 3:00am, leave the house by 4:00am, and arrive at work by 5:00am. I found I can live with that. I leave work between 2:45pm (on a good day) and 3:30pm (on a shit day). My commute time had gone from 45 minutes (swingshift) to as much as an hour and forty-five minutes on a Friday afternoon.
So, why would I agree to take it? Because I had certain criteria that they would have to meet before I would even consider it ($$$), and not only did they meet it, they exceeded it. Substantially. At that point, knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel (I want to retire within the next five years), I just decided that I would take the plunge, and give it my best shot. I turned in my acceptance of their offer today, making it official.
Oh, and by the way...the company was bought out on July 1st. You know, just to add a little more stress.
As of today, I officially accepted their offer, and will transfer to dayshift on Sept. 1st, after having been a swingshift worker since Jan. 24th, 1984. I've filled-in for my boss for a total of four weeks within the past three months, while he has been burning up his vacation hours. By my doing so, it afforded me the opportunity to sort of "test drive" the position, as well as giving me a taste of the nasty-ass commute home (I refer to it as "traffuck"). I wake up at 3:00am, leave the house by 4:00am, and arrive at work by 5:00am. I found I can live with that. I leave work between 2:45pm (on a good day) and 3:30pm (on a shit day). My commute time had gone from 45 minutes (swingshift) to as much as an hour and forty-five minutes on a Friday afternoon.
So, why would I agree to take it? Because I had certain criteria that they would have to meet before I would even consider it ($$$), and not only did they meet it, they exceeded it. Substantially. At that point, knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel (I want to retire within the next five years), I just decided that I would take the plunge, and give it my best shot. I turned in my acceptance of their offer today, making it official.
Oh, and by the way...the company was bought out on July 1st. You know, just to add a little more stress.