I have it, buyers remorse. I quit my job and will be starting my new/old job in PACU on 2/27/07. I quit my job for 2 reasons. I feel overwhelmed at times with this job and my life. I feel sometimes that I should be committing more to my job to be good at it, but do not want to sacrifice my home life, friendships, working out, etc. I am always over my 20 hours a week at work, but feel that I really could do more there to excel. So I decided to go back to the bedside, drop a day at work (so I am going from 8 hours to 10 hours) so I could be home more and be able to transport my kids to kindergarten and preschool in the AM in the fall.
The other reason was differing opinions and dissatisfaction with decisions that were being made. Of course, now that I have quit and spoken up, things are changing for the better...
So what I am saying here is that I slightly regret my decision to resign. Reason one is that I am a control freak and I worked really hard and created this position and now I have to hand it over to someone else.
I have really grown fond of the people in the department. I enjoy talking to them and hopefully making there life a little easier when they come to work.
I will miss having decision making power (little that it is).
If I didn't have children and the desire to be there for them more (or the quilt for not being there) driving me to be home more, I would work full time. Take a manager or assistant manager position in the department. I think I could do it and be good. However, I want a life. I want to be with my children and be a friend, a good wife. I know that I could not be all of that while working full time because I would be overwhelmed. Jason would support me if I wanted to work full time, he is supportive in whatever I want. He also supports and sympathizes with my decision to give up something I love to be home more, and for flexible hours.
Anyway, I am VERY sad to leave my job. It really makes me upset to think that in 3 weeks I will close the door and have to hand it all over to someone else. I have already been replaced, so there is no turning back now. So I have buyer's remorse from the All Sales Are Final section and it sucks.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Buyer's Remorse
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Before my current job I worked in Northern Kentucky for a non-profit that serves the business community. I absolutely LOVED the people I worked with and I LOVED all of the volunteers. This particular job had tons of perks too - getting to mingle with some of the most powerful people in NKY, getting to attend every luncheon, dinnner, gala, awards program etc. Being forced to attend manadtory happy hour events - for free... I think you get the point. For me though, the actual work I was doing wasn't challenging. I had been there two years and nothing had changed. I could almost do the job in mysleep. Plus, since joining the company I had become a mom so the endless eveing events were starting to become a problem. It is always hard to leave a job where you like the people you work with. It is almost four years later and I still speak to them and we all still get together for dinner about once every other month. And, while I miss working with them, I love my new job. Hopefully your "buyers remorse" will fade as quickly as mine did.
I so thought of you when I typed that story about the Tootsie Pops. Kids are so funny.
Wait till you start your new job and enjoy the life benefits you took it for ... if you're still sorry then, it's buyer's remorse. Right now, it's cold feet.
Don't you love cliches?
I think you made a tough choice but you'll be glad you did.
Thanks guys, I think I will be happier once I switch...
It is cold feet.. I get that a lot.
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