Thursday Thirteen - 7th issue

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It's been so long since I've done a Thursday Thirteen, I had to go back and review my previous TT's. Well, not that there was that many. :) Few as they were, here are My previous Thirteens.

So what should this Thirteen be about? Let's see...

Reasons to Stay

At the start of this year, I received an attractive offer from a new company. We're not exactly rival companies because we handle different accounts, but it's in the same industry. I get to stay in a trainer position but there's potential for more responsbility and higher compensation in the very near future. I was looking at the possibility of being a training manager in a matter of months. I accepted the offer although no contracts were signed yet. I filed a resignation from my current company. I made it clear that there was nothing to make me stay. There were times when I grew unhappy and frustrated, and the stress it caused me was just not worth it. So they hired my replacement, and I served 30 days.

On my supposed last day on the job, they came to me with a new opportunity: to transfer to Operations and become a Team Manager. It's not exactly a promotion, more of a lateral transfer, but it's recognition for me. And I must admit, it could be the break I needed. I took the offer. So my last day as trainer was not my last day in NCO. They granted my request for a full week's leave and I'm enjoying it now. I go back next week, and may I continue to kick ass :)

1 I am now used to working in the same company as boyfriend does. And I enjoy having lunch together anytime we can.

2 I will not have to say goodbye to the friends I've made in NCO: Vanette, Edsel and Ingrid, to name a few. I know, I don't have to say goodbye even if I did leave. But I don't really think we'd be able to make quality time for each other if I already worked in the new company. We barely see each other as it is!

3 .I'll still be there and watch the account grow, as I know it will. This time, I'll be an even more active participant than I already was.

4 .New team, new boss. I've worked with them already and I know I can fit in without so many issues. I'm comfortable around them. I have their trust and confidence. They have my trust and confidence too. I'll be starting fresh, without really having to be an outsider whose trying to learn the ropes one by one.

5 .I don't have to be in limbo, I get to stay as a regular employee, with all the benefits, even while I adjust to the new role. And boy, our second anniversary of employment is up in May. I am definitely looking forward to the loyalty bonus. Chaching!

6 .I get to still be entitled to the Refer-a Pal payout because I referred boyfriend, and his regularization is due this month. Chaching!

7 .The clients appreciate me and the work that I do.

8 .Management appreciates me and sees value in keeping me.

9 .I now have a better opportunity of actually mentoring the agents that I've trained in the past. This time, it can really be a mentorship instead of a teacher-student arrangement. I hope I do well.

10 .I won't have to introduce myself to a new team, or to hide behind masks. I will only need to learn to work with them in a different capacity. But essentially, we already know each other.

11 .I will not have to memorize names and positions.

12 .There is no new curriculum or product to learn.

13 .Mom gets to keep her Medicard. :)