MacroGuru
01-05-2006, 11:04 PM
OK,
You all helped me out before in the previous thread and I truly appreciate it. I am not one to job hop, but this one also fell into my lap...
A former co-worker of mine from when I was at Macromedia contacted me today, and I talked to him a bit about the job he is doing, he asked if it was something I would enjoy doing.
This is my dream job, it is the closest thing to what I did for Macromedia out there and to top it of, one of my favorite supervisors from Macromedia is the owner of the company.
Well, I end up talking to him, and turn around and talk to the guy in charge of highering and I am made an offer immediately, this all happens in about 12 hours.
The dilemna is this....granted this is my dream job and a considerable pay raise I am torn...I am Director of IT at the company I am at (thanks to the help). Title/prestige of title, I step down a notch, but the company I am at is a Utah based company and they tend to use and abuse employees....and to be honest, I was handed a pile of shit for an IT Department (Development is outsourced to India, I am trying to bring it back in house, I am picking up the pieces of my predecessor). However, they took a shot with me....so my loyalty is still there.
Now the hard part....How do I position myself to my current company to give them a chance to match the offer without them looking like I am trying to strong arm them into something, If they can't match, I want to leave on good terms, which I should be able to do.
Let me end by saying, again, I wasn't looking, but through networking, this thing fell in my lap.
You all helped me out before in the previous thread and I truly appreciate it. I am not one to job hop, but this one also fell into my lap...
A former co-worker of mine from when I was at Macromedia contacted me today, and I talked to him a bit about the job he is doing, he asked if it was something I would enjoy doing.
This is my dream job, it is the closest thing to what I did for Macromedia out there and to top it of, one of my favorite supervisors from Macromedia is the owner of the company.
Well, I end up talking to him, and turn around and talk to the guy in charge of highering and I am made an offer immediately, this all happens in about 12 hours.
The dilemna is this....granted this is my dream job and a considerable pay raise I am torn...I am Director of IT at the company I am at (thanks to the help). Title/prestige of title, I step down a notch, but the company I am at is a Utah based company and they tend to use and abuse employees....and to be honest, I was handed a pile of shit for an IT Department (Development is outsourced to India, I am trying to bring it back in house, I am picking up the pieces of my predecessor). However, they took a shot with me....so my loyalty is still there.
Now the hard part....How do I position myself to my current company to give them a chance to match the offer without them looking like I am trying to strong arm them into something, If they can't match, I want to leave on good terms, which I should be able to do.
Let me end by saying, again, I wasn't looking, but through networking, this thing fell in my lap.