Getting out ... just to get out

Drip · Mar 27, 2013

I've been receiving strong feelers from companies looking for advertising salesmen. I don't want to jump onto that route but I must admit, the sales pitches are tempting.

Dick Whitman · Mar 27, 2013

Hey Diaz! said:

Put a little bit of a predicament today.

Now, this is not a bad thing, as I won a company-wide writing award (including a cash prize, which is actually kind of amazing since more quarterly furloughs were just announced). But I'm in the process of trying to get out of the business and to hear management say things like "we value you" and "you're an asset" and "go out there and write another award winner!" leave me with incredibly mixed feelings.

Yeah, the extra money doesn't hurt and neither do the handshakes and back slaps. There's also, however, now an added feeling of guilt. That is: 1.) If I do leave, I'd be letting them down and 2.) By winning this award, it makes me feel almost obligated to stick around a bit longer, even though I've mentally checked out for the most part.

Thoughts?
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Sounds like they'll be pleased as punch to keep you on as a stringer.

Hey Diaz! · Apr 18, 2013

Update: I put my two weeks notice in yesterday.

Have a bunch regular freelance opportunities back home, along with a 9-to-5 out of the business that is likely in the works. If the latter somehow falls through, I have money saved up and enough part-time stuff to tide me over for a good while.

Add it all up here -- low pay, bad hours, being a salaried employee, living in a dying town AND working for a CNHI paper -- and it was time to make a move, even without the fluffiest security blanket. It was time and I couldn't be happier with my decision.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Apr 18, 2013

Hey Diaz! said:

Update: I put my two weeks notice in yesterday.

Have a bunch regular freelance opportunities back home, along with a 9-to-5 out of the business that is likely in the works. If the latter somehow falls through, I have money saved up and enough part-time stuff to tide me over for a good while.

Add it all up here -- low pay, bad hours, being a salaried employee, living in a dying town AND working for a CNHI paper -- and it was time to make a move, even without the fluffiest security blanket. It was time and I couldn't be happier with my decision.
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Best of luck buddy.

Baron Scicluna · Apr 19, 2013

Hey Diaz! said:

Update: I put my two weeks notice in yesterday.

Have a bunch regular freelance opportunities back home, along with a 9-to-5 out of the business that is likely in the works. If the latter somehow falls through, I have money saved up and enough part-time stuff to tide me over for a good while.

Add it all up here -- low pay, bad hours, being a salaried employee, living in a dying town AND working for a CNHI paper -- and it was time to make a move, even without the fluffiest security blanket. It was time and I couldn't be happier with my decision.
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Good luck, although I still would have waited until I found out if that 9-5 job came through.

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