You're Gonna Pay Me HOW Much??

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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In which, I - Nearly Anonymous Doper Girl - get a mid five figure raise and a new job title just by saying, “I can do that!”

It goes like this…

A friend took the job as my boss. She didn’t like it. I’d been doing the job in a temp basis, as I am normally the financial manager. I back up the operations manager in my company.

She really didn’t like the job, less than 90 days in, and quit. I knew it was coming, and thought - you know, I can do that job, I have been doing that job, and I could sure use the pay that comes with that job so…

Today, the CEO came in while I was talking to my going to be ex boss and asked if we could run up an ad for her job. And I said, “I can do that job, can you advertise mine instead?”

He asked me if I was serious, I said yes, and, well, there you go.

Now I can do TWO jobs until I find someone to replace me, but I can think of several thousand reasons that that doesn’t really bother me right now.

This is more money that I have EVER made before in my life, for a job I can do really well - not “in my sleep, I’ll be bored in a week” well, but “this is a challenge, but I can and have been doing a pretty fine job of it, mostly by thinking on my feet and paddling as fast as I can” well.

So, mundane and pointless, and I am sharing.

W00T!

Cheers,
G

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Congrats! A success story if I’ve seen one lately. Too many of us (I don’t know how it is over there in Cheerful Chaos–that’s on the Gulf Coast of Texas, right? :wink: ) define ourselves by the rigidly structured context we feel we’re shoehorned into. But as you’ve demonstrated, sometimes when you move out of step the world will dance with you.

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Congrats Gleena! Great example of grabbing an opportunity and goin’ with it. I’m sure you’ll do great.

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You replacing Monica Goodling?

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Congrats! Knock 'em dead!

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Awesome line! Way to grab the opportunity! Congrats!

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Perfect example of thinking on your feet. Congratulations!!!

GT

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I agree. If I were a boss, you’d be the sort of person I’d want working for me. :smiley:

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Congrats! I love hearing stories like this.

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Awesome - congrats!

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Well, aren’t you the cat’s meow. :smiley:

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Congratulations! :slight_smile:

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Is the raise mid-five figures up from what you’re making now, or is it a raise to mid-five figures?

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Well, no matter which one it is, it’s an improvement on what she’s making now.

Congratulations!

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Well, good for you! You really don’t get if you don’t ask in this world.

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Yeah, I know. I just have to decide whether I should be happy for her or jealous. :wink:

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Thanks guys! I’m just now getting my head around all I have to do!!

To clear up the question, the raise is mid 5 figures over and above what I was making. So it’s a LOT. I’ve only been here four months, and I took a moderate raise coming here, so its a lot of money in a short period of time. Since we’re house hunting, the timing is great.

Thanks for the support, I was just bursting to tell…well, anybody really. :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Cheers,
G

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There’s one thing I’ve found in business and that is I like making a lot of money more than I like not making a lot of money

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Profound! Don’t forget to put that in the “Doper wisdom” thread.

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True, msmith537; my previous job was “I can do it in my sleep, I’m boooored”, this one is “I can do it in my sleep, I’m boooored”… but getting 3x the pay helps :wink:

Sounds great, Gleena, envious congratulations! The best times in my life have been the sharp learning curves, enjoy the trip up :smiley: