Cross your fingers and toes, please
I had an interview, before I got the job I have now, for a really terrific job.
It's at a real publisher, a real PRESTIGIOUS publisher, working on the coolest stuff in the world.
The stuff I'd be working on, which is what we in the industry call "books plus" is pretty similar to what I'm doing now, but better. It's like they are having the ideas that my company is stealing.
Right before the weekend of the fourth, I heard from a friend that this job, which was a possibly freelance situation when I first heard about it, is now a real full-time position, and that the director over there had asked him to ask me to call her, if I was still interested.
He told me the salary range, which goes up to a number that's $15K more than I'm making now. That's how much I *should* be making. It's what I'm worth, with the experience I have.
The job I have now was vacant for almost six months, because they need someone with my experience, but they are not willing to pay for it. I'd say they are paying me a salary that someone with 7 or 8 years in the business might expect. I have fifteen.
So I called. And sent an email. I heard back from the hiring director, who asked me to send her a copy of my resume. I did that, and then, silence. Until this week - the HR director called me on Wednesday. We chatted a bit, I dazzled her with my knowledge of all things books plus, and when she asked me how much money I was looking for, I named the top of the range I'd been told, that beautiful number that's $15,000 more than I'm making. She didn't blink (well, I couldn't hear her blink over the phone, if she did), and she asked me to come in the next day.
I went in yesterday, met the HR person and sat down again with the woman doing the hiring. I was there an hour and a half, total. I left with a very good feeling. I think I might get this job.
I would love it. The things I don't like about my current job (the crappy pay, and the whole pretending to be a publishing company but in reality so not) would be better. I'd have total autonomy. I'd be traveling again, and maybe fulfill my lifelong dream of needing to get extra pages for my passport. I'd be bringing home an extra grand a month, and since I'm about to be paying $350 in rent, I could get out of debt so fast. It's a huge media conglomerate, so the benefits kick ass. I might even get free cable (that's a hint).
I suppose I'd have a few minutes of feeling kind of guilty for leaving the job I have now after three months, but to be honest, I've pretty much already completed the process of rationalizing that away.
If you have any positive energy, send some my way. I could stand for something good to happen in my life.

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