AngryEthiopian
Feb 10th, 2005, 09:28 PM
Phase 1. I came to work for this company in August of 2002. I came in as an intern making $12/hr, working 20 hours a week, while I went to school fulltime. I worked with 3 other QA persons; the QA Lead (P), a main QA person (J) and another Intern (H).
Phase 2. (Dec 2002) J went on Maternity leave as she was having her baby. In her absence I was required to pick up her load because the other intern was a lazy fuck, no offense to him as he is still a decent person (and a friend of mine).
Phase 3. (Feb 2003) I get a job offer from Giant Campus to work with them for the summer at fulltime, making 400 a week. I decide I should take it because it was a more fun job and more aligned with my future profession (teaching and the arts). I speak to my supervisor P, and he asks me if I've made up my mind to leave and I tell him no. He says he wants to try and make a counter offer because I was too valuable to loose at that moment. They offer me the ability to work fulltime for the summer, thus I'd be making more money than at Giant Campus. I take the offer.
Phase 4. (Sep 2003) J decides she is not going to stay with the company after she had a stint where she returned from Maternity leave to work part time, ussually from home (telecommuting). I take this as an opportunity to expand, since I was doing a ton of her work anyway. I tell them I have taken on more responsibilities and I felt that it demanded an elevated position. They give me a raise, I am then making $15/hr. I am content. The QA department now consists of 3 people, P, H and myself.
Phase 5. (Dec 2003) The company is Aquisitioned. P and H are laid off an the only remaining QA person is myself. I am still working under a contract (not an employee of the company). During this time I express my discontent with my disposable status and am subsequently told that in a few months I might have opportunities to move up into a new position, and become an official employee. I am content.
Phase 6. (June 2004) The company announces that I will be hired and taken into the company officially. This is announced in a company meeting to everyone. The transition is supposed to happen in August. I am content.
Phase 7. (Aug 2004) They tell me the transition will happen in September.
Phase 8. (Sep 2004) They tell me October.
Phase 9. (Oct 2004) The CFO announces she is resigning and moving onto a new company. She tells me my future is uncertain.
Phase 10. (Dec 2004) I am told that the decision to hire me is up in the air again and will be decided by other upper management.
Phase 11. (Jan 2005) I start looking for a new job.
Phase 12a (Feb 2005) I recieve offers from companies but turn them down for various reasons, mostly due to relocation.
Phase 12b (Feb 2005) I interview with a new company, then get a second interview with the same company and am told that they will contact me to make an offer provided I pass a background check. I am hopeful because I don't believe there is anything in my background that would cause me to fail a background check. I tell my supervisor (L) that I am awaiting an offer and he tells me that he doesn't blame me for all the bullshit the company has put me through. He has been fighting for me the whole time by the way and he is as disgusted with the company as I if not more. He tells me he is going to try and make them give me a counter offer.
So Tuesday L comes to tell me the counter offer is 40k/year + benefits + 10% bonus (4k) with a posibility of another 5% bonus depending on individual employee performance + 401k + 2 weeks paid vacation.
Delimma Part I: I'm waiting for the other company to come through and be like... BAM! Look girl, we wanna pay you 55k! But they haven't contacted me yet. I am confident that they will give me an offer because I met just about everyone in the IT dept and they all were so gung ho about me. I mean really, the whole office was talking about the person with all the amazing skills who was so well rounded with technical knowledge and culture but wasn't inflated! I'm dead serious. However, from practical knowledge, I know... you don't have an offer until you have an offer, signed, with dotted i's and crossed t's.
Delimma Part II: The job is in Burlingame any way. I really don't want to move to the other side of the bay for a job... or have to commute an hour everyday to work, and another hour back. Those would be my options. How the fuck do i decide?
I have not been happy with my company since upper management broke promises with me before and didn't come through until I pushed them up against a wall and pistol whipped them. I really can't respect you after you've behaved that way. And it's absolutely disgusting how they are all trying to kiss my ass. However, much of the staff I work with is awesome and it's a pretty decent work environment and they worked with me all this time so I could go to school and work. And they told me they would make a true effort to edge me into new work and challange me more with other types of technical writing, which would be a good thing.
I am also not that excited about starting over completely with a new company... :-/ Even though they seem like a totally awesome group, especially for a first impression.
And not to mention they haven't called me yet! Fucking pricks, I need a status update. I'm thinking about emailing them today, but I don't want to give the impression that I want to pressure them! Cause it's not my intention... HELP!
Phase 2. (Dec 2002) J went on Maternity leave as she was having her baby. In her absence I was required to pick up her load because the other intern was a lazy fuck, no offense to him as he is still a decent person (and a friend of mine).
Phase 3. (Feb 2003) I get a job offer from Giant Campus to work with them for the summer at fulltime, making 400 a week. I decide I should take it because it was a more fun job and more aligned with my future profession (teaching and the arts). I speak to my supervisor P, and he asks me if I've made up my mind to leave and I tell him no. He says he wants to try and make a counter offer because I was too valuable to loose at that moment. They offer me the ability to work fulltime for the summer, thus I'd be making more money than at Giant Campus. I take the offer.
Phase 4. (Sep 2003) J decides she is not going to stay with the company after she had a stint where she returned from Maternity leave to work part time, ussually from home (telecommuting). I take this as an opportunity to expand, since I was doing a ton of her work anyway. I tell them I have taken on more responsibilities and I felt that it demanded an elevated position. They give me a raise, I am then making $15/hr. I am content. The QA department now consists of 3 people, P, H and myself.
Phase 5. (Dec 2003) The company is Aquisitioned. P and H are laid off an the only remaining QA person is myself. I am still working under a contract (not an employee of the company). During this time I express my discontent with my disposable status and am subsequently told that in a few months I might have opportunities to move up into a new position, and become an official employee. I am content.
Phase 6. (June 2004) The company announces that I will be hired and taken into the company officially. This is announced in a company meeting to everyone. The transition is supposed to happen in August. I am content.
Phase 7. (Aug 2004) They tell me the transition will happen in September.
Phase 8. (Sep 2004) They tell me October.
Phase 9. (Oct 2004) The CFO announces she is resigning and moving onto a new company. She tells me my future is uncertain.
Phase 10. (Dec 2004) I am told that the decision to hire me is up in the air again and will be decided by other upper management.
Phase 11. (Jan 2005) I start looking for a new job.
Phase 12a (Feb 2005) I recieve offers from companies but turn them down for various reasons, mostly due to relocation.
Phase 12b (Feb 2005) I interview with a new company, then get a second interview with the same company and am told that they will contact me to make an offer provided I pass a background check. I am hopeful because I don't believe there is anything in my background that would cause me to fail a background check. I tell my supervisor (L) that I am awaiting an offer and he tells me that he doesn't blame me for all the bullshit the company has put me through. He has been fighting for me the whole time by the way and he is as disgusted with the company as I if not more. He tells me he is going to try and make them give me a counter offer.
So Tuesday L comes to tell me the counter offer is 40k/year + benefits + 10% bonus (4k) with a posibility of another 5% bonus depending on individual employee performance + 401k + 2 weeks paid vacation.
Delimma Part I: I'm waiting for the other company to come through and be like... BAM! Look girl, we wanna pay you 55k! But they haven't contacted me yet. I am confident that they will give me an offer because I met just about everyone in the IT dept and they all were so gung ho about me. I mean really, the whole office was talking about the person with all the amazing skills who was so well rounded with technical knowledge and culture but wasn't inflated! I'm dead serious. However, from practical knowledge, I know... you don't have an offer until you have an offer, signed, with dotted i's and crossed t's.
Delimma Part II: The job is in Burlingame any way. I really don't want to move to the other side of the bay for a job... or have to commute an hour everyday to work, and another hour back. Those would be my options. How the fuck do i decide?
I have not been happy with my company since upper management broke promises with me before and didn't come through until I pushed them up against a wall and pistol whipped them. I really can't respect you after you've behaved that way. And it's absolutely disgusting how they are all trying to kiss my ass. However, much of the staff I work with is awesome and it's a pretty decent work environment and they worked with me all this time so I could go to school and work. And they told me they would make a true effort to edge me into new work and challange me more with other types of technical writing, which would be a good thing.
I am also not that excited about starting over completely with a new company... :-/ Even though they seem like a totally awesome group, especially for a first impression.
And not to mention they haven't called me yet! Fucking pricks, I need a status update. I'm thinking about emailing them today, but I don't want to give the impression that I want to pressure them! Cause it's not my intention... HELP!