I’ve been with my company for a few years now. I’ve loved it as much as one could love a job, and it had been going well up until recently. I’m over it now.
I have been told for a year or so that I am ready to move on up and become a GM. Only problem is I’m not willing to go somewhere I don’t want to live just to make more $. It has to make sense. I don’t want to go somewhere just to hate it and want to come home 6mo later.
So a roll opened up in a town I wanted to live. I was familiar with the area, had family near there, and could really enjoy that area to its fullest potential. I was ready, so I applied.
I went through the interview process. It all went very well, and I was even told I was highest on the totem poll, as far as internal candidates went, and they would get back to me once they went through all of the external candidates too. I was jacked. At the end of the interview, I was also asked if I had any interest in going to “X” town at all, or just the one I had applied for? I said just the one I had applied for.
Long story short, I didn’t get the role, but got offered the same position at a town I didn’t wanna be in. The ol’ bait and switch. I was not happy. Denied the role.
I ended up asking for a raise to mitigate the time between then and finding another open role to somewhere I wanted to go. I didn’t get a dime. Then came the, “I really hope you wouldn’t leave the company for a couple thousand dollars. We have a great culture here.”
So I went home pissed off and started applying. Got a new gig immediately making $20k more than I am now and got the title I was after. Don’t let your employer decide your fate. F them.