wilma-bride
07-06-2007, 06:39 AM
Sorry for the long post but I just had to have a moan - and I don't want to burden DH with this :sad2:
Some of you have been following my saga regarding my terrible job and the fact that I have been desperately trying to find something else. I had a couple of interviews last week and, although I was offered one of the jobs, I had to turn it down as they weren't prepared to be flexible on hours and the pay was less than I originially thought.
Meanwhile, I had applied for 2 internal jobs, one of which was a promotion but would mean relocating to Halton in Buckinghamshire (which I would have been really happy about as all my Mum's side of the family live there, it is where Gary and I met and we loved our time living there :love: ). I received a phone call on Tuesday to tell me I had been selected for interview for the job in Bucks, interviews to be held on 25th July.
Then we found out yesterday that DH (who is due to be made in redundant in October) has been offered the job he interviewed for on Wednesday, meaning a relocation is out of the question.
I just spoke to the line manager for the promotion job to explain I would be withdrawing my application, only to be told he was very disappointed as my application was excellent, I scored much higher than the other 2 applicants on sift and, had I performed OK at the interview, the job would have been mine. I can't even begin to put into words how absolutely desperate I feel now and part of me wants to phone him back and tell him I don't want to withdraw my application after all. I know that DH is really pleased he got a job and, to be honest, so am I. It is a huge weight off our shoulders but, by the same token, the other job sounded fantastic and the money was so much better (almost £9K more - just think how many DVC points we could buy with that ;) )
Anyway, just wanted to get it off my chest and have a general whinge - I feel better now (well, not really but I'm sure I'll get over it)
Some of you have been following my saga regarding my terrible job and the fact that I have been desperately trying to find something else. I had a couple of interviews last week and, although I was offered one of the jobs, I had to turn it down as they weren't prepared to be flexible on hours and the pay was less than I originially thought.
Meanwhile, I had applied for 2 internal jobs, one of which was a promotion but would mean relocating to Halton in Buckinghamshire (which I would have been really happy about as all my Mum's side of the family live there, it is where Gary and I met and we loved our time living there :love: ). I received a phone call on Tuesday to tell me I had been selected for interview for the job in Bucks, interviews to be held on 25th July.
Then we found out yesterday that DH (who is due to be made in redundant in October) has been offered the job he interviewed for on Wednesday, meaning a relocation is out of the question.
I just spoke to the line manager for the promotion job to explain I would be withdrawing my application, only to be told he was very disappointed as my application was excellent, I scored much higher than the other 2 applicants on sift and, had I performed OK at the interview, the job would have been mine. I can't even begin to put into words how absolutely desperate I feel now and part of me wants to phone him back and tell him I don't want to withdraw my application after all. I know that DH is really pleased he got a job and, to be honest, so am I. It is a huge weight off our shoulders but, by the same token, the other job sounded fantastic and the money was so much better (almost £9K more - just think how many DVC points we could buy with that ;) )
Anyway, just wanted to get it off my chest and have a general whinge - I feel better now (well, not really but I'm sure I'll get over it)