My break is over. Time to start anew

It’s been awhile I know. I’d like to say that I’m sorry for lagging on the blog, but to be honest, I’m not. I needed a little break and I’m feeling better now.

It’s day 2 of the new job and I love it. I think it’s great. I absolutely love the place. I’m really enjoying it. At first, I was feeling a little overwhelmed by a few things, but now that they’re breaking things down into sections, I’m doing a lot better. When I got home last night my brain was feeling a little mushy with all the things that I learned.

I’m really glad that I’m going forward. I feel like this is going to be a positive move for me. The culture is going is different here. I’m getting treated as a person, as opposed to being treated as a resource. It’s a nice change.

Oh yeah, I had an interesting incident happen last week. I’ve always held back on mentioning my old employer by name, except for one post, after I accepted the new job, and gave my notice. Well, it turns out that company monitors it’s name online via Google, and my post came up. They then proceeded to look through a lot of entries and they saw the pictures of my old and “new” workstations there. Well they got mad. Really mad, but guess what? I don’t care. So they released me early and paid me out till the rest of the week I’m just glad to be free of the company. Honestly I should have been pissed, and if it wasn’t for the fact that I wanted out of there, I would have considered …other actions, but I’m just glad I’m away and I’m hoping the bad Karma will stay behind.

I’ve decided that I’m not going to blog too much about the new company and not reveal the name of the place. It really like this place and the last thing I want to do is say something that might be misinterpreted.

Again, I’m running into the problem of not knowing what to blog about. Being happy is not good to my blog. I need to be all ARGHHH in order to blog something. Also, I’m actually busy now, dealing with item a, b, and c. Who would have thought that I could actually be busy.

Oh to give you an idea of how cool this company is, they have a gaming server. Yes between the hours of 12:00pm and 1:00pm, staff are allowed to log on the gaming server and play a first person shooter. How cool is that? The old company would NEVER do that.

Anyway I’m back and I’ll try to be around more often.

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It's done, it's offical, I've given my notice.

It’s done. It’s officially the end of an era. Mmm in 2 weeks, it will be the end of an era. I accepted the offer today, and gave my 2 weeks notice…actually 2 weeks minus 1 day, but they’re not going to complain about the one day.

They were actually pretty good about it. I told them that I was officially giving my notice and I handed over the letter. The DC manager, Pete, and I talked about why I choose to leave. He asked me if I was running away from something, or running to something. I told them that I was running to something, which is true. The new job is a great opportunity, and a big hike in pay, but I don’t want to be here anymore. In fact they also acknowledged that there isn’t much of a place for me anymore. All the big projects that I was working on are done. I’m sure that they will be some issues out here, but they will just have to go on without me.

I also took a tour of the new place today. The new job, and it’s the opposite of where I am now. Everyone has 2 LCD monitors, there’s FREE COFFEE and HOT CHOCOLATE. There’s a cafeteria in the building. Everyone is really nice. I can’t wait to start.

The thing I really like is that the new company understands that I need to complete my commitments here at (drum roll as I reveal the name of my current employer) Kohl and Frisch Ltd, and I would like to leave this company on a positive note, even though I’m not happy here. To be honest, I haven’t been happy here for quite some time.

Honestly, I’m not quite sure who to blame for me being unhappy here, but I’m sure that the source of that pain is in head office. There are a lot of unhappy people at head office. I know that for a fact and they are always happier when they start their new job. It’s strange, how everyone I know, who has ever left this company has always gone onto bigger and better things, including more money. I know that the managers haven’t had a raise in six years, and while they might be able to get away from it in Ontario, there is no way that they could do the same thing in Calgary. The job market won’t allow it, but they’re either to dense or cheap, (probably both) to understand that.

People are now coming to me to confirm the rumor of my notice, and I feel like I’m being paroled. I feel that things are going to get a lot better. They are money wise. I’m getting a huge bump in pay, a 24% increase, plus a yearly bonus based on my, and the company’s performance. I see a Plasma TV under my tree this Christmas.

I’ve also decided that get my passport as well. With my new income, I might actually have enough money to travel. Vegas seems like a good idea right now, with all the shows, like Spamalot, to see. I just wish I had someone to go with. Then again, I might have a “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” moment, or I could be the “good son” and take my mom to Vegas to see Barry Manilow, and David Copperfield. I’d just have to figure out how to explain her finding the stripper in my bed. Hopefully she knows about the “What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” way of thinking.

I guess, I’m not into the company bashing thing right now, because…I’m looking forward to the future. Good things are coming my way. I just know it.

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