So, yesterday started out to be a normal day. And then at about 9 am all hell at work started breaking loose. The consolidated story (because I don't feel like typing for days) is that they've decided to close the office I work in and move everything up to Portland.
So you say to yourself... but Esther, this should be good news, it was just the other day you were talking about moving up to Portland with work. Well, yes, yes i was. However, that was while I was still gainfully employed with the company still operating as it was. Now I've been told that my last day of work will be January 14, I'll have a retention bonus because they're keeping me longer than most of my other co-workers and I'll have 5 weeks of severance pay. On top of this, I'm sure I could collect unemployment.
Now, god bless 'em, I'm at a massive crossroads having to make a decision. Do I take the money and run and get out of corporate financing, an industry that's given me more grey hairs than I care to admit and has caused me to cry unexplicably and that ultimately, I don't really want to be doing... at least not this kind of financing and try to pursue photography full time or even something else that's less stress and that i actually enjoy. Or, do I still try to transfer up to Portland, have to interview for a job I've already been doing, just because it's in a new location, and continue on with the plan to go to school and try to salvage at least the retention bonus to help with moving costs?
Either direction will send my life in a massively new and different direction and will have a huge impact on me. To be honest... i'm scared.
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