Yes, I got the job offer which came as a surprise to me. I'm still feeling the after shock effect from the fact that I got the job within the next working day after my interview. This is the fastest job offering opportunity in my entire career life for tha past 12 years. I was expecting them to get back to me in a weeks time or some may not even bother to call me back to tell me I didn't get the job.
When the head hunter guy called me and inform me the news, I was shocked!
HH : Hey bro, good news la. They agreed to all your terms and they are preparing the offer letter and working out the overall package for you. I will let you know once it's ready for you to go sign the letter.
Me: Huh? What? Are you telling me they are offering me the job? But the interview was last week and the following day was a Public Holiday and weekend.
HH : Yes la bro. They feel that you are a perfect match for this role and they would like to speed up the process of getting you in as soon as possible. They were planning to buy you over from your company but due to your personal trip by the end of the year, they agree to wait.
Me : (still shocked and speechless).... ermm.... 1 direct question if you don't mind
HH : Sure bro....ask
Me : Am I the only candidate ?
That Head Hunter guy continue on with his well-polished explaination that they choose me coz of my relevant experience and yada...... yada..... yada.....
They agreed to gave me the expected salary I asked for and best of all, they have no problem with me starting work from mid of January onwards. I thought the 2 month notice would turn them away because of the fact that they are desperate to get someone immediately to fill in the job. Maybe in a long run, it's worth waiting for 2 months instead of spending the next 6 months training someone new.
The job scope is almost identical to what I have done 5 years ago when I joined my current company. Although all my friends are really excitedfor me about my new job, but deep down I don't sare the same intense of excitement that they are feeling. I know this sound weird but I just have some hesitation. I'm stuck with this question to myself:
"Am I going backwards instead of progressing if I take this job?"
Deep down I'm truly happy that I can leave my current role which is so frustrating and stressful but on the other hand, it is giving me a chance to learn new responsibility. I know I bitch a lot about it, dragging myself to work, complaining and whinning about how it is killing me in terms of my motivation, my morale, my will to fight and the list goes on.
My career line has not been in a straight line. I have been in multiple industry and job.
Here goes the list which started back in 2000:
- 1st job : 7-eleven retail assistant
- 2nd Job : Factory working in some jewelry industry
- 3rd Job : QC Documentation Controller in manufacturing industry
- 4th Job : Business Development Executive in Education industry
- 5th Job : Taxation assistant (contract)
- 6th Job : Property Management Officer in one of the condo
- 7th Job : Program Management Coordinator (Sub con factory)
- 8th Job : Database Analyst in PC industry
- 9th Job : Contact Center Reporting Analyst in PC industry
- 10th Job : Contact Center Operation Lead (regional) in PC industry
- 11th Job : Program Manager in PC industry (current)
- 12th Job : Regional Business Analyst in Consumer industry (future)
On one hand, I'm excited about getting out of this pain but on the other hand, I'm hesitating with no strong valid reason why. It's just mixture of feeling. I know I'm not a very career minded person, not someone who wish to rule a company or monopolize a specific market. I'm just someone who would like to have a stabil income to get on with life's challenges and expectations. Guess partly I know I will be leaving the group of colleagues that have gone thru ups and downs with me for the last 5 years or maybe I'm having this fear to move out from my comfort zone for the past 5 years and move on to a new unknown territory.
Hhmm.... hope that this weekend will shed some lights for me to realise what will be the best for me....
Happy Belated Halloween guys.....
No comments:
Post a Comment