Been a hell of a busy last 2 weeks but feeling good. Looks like I have a new opportunity within the company that I'd had my eyes on.
Didn't get chosen for the job/unit I wanted last year. Instead got moved to a different area I was not excited about. Kicked ass anyway for 7 months and another position opened on the team I originally wanted. Got it this past summer.
All great, until 2 months in, someone from my last team quit and I got "loaned" back (hooray for kicking ass and thus being asked to do more). Toughed it out, helped the hell out of the department with some big clients and finally got back to where I wanted a couple weeks ago.
So what happens now? Oh, just a management position with my very first group they
need me to move to. 4 positions, 3 promotions in roughly 2.75 years at a growing company. If that sounds like a long-winded #humblebrag, I can assure you it is not.
Genuinely not excited about the opportunity to go back to the first team that I wanted out of (even going back as a manager), nor was I happy to be yanked around to the 2nd position (and back). Certainly all provided great learning opportunities and experiences, but it has been known I am where I want to be all along, finally. Yet I can't get settled into the group and career path I want. I need to "Corporate America" this thing a little harder apparently, as I feel punished for continually proving myself and performing well at each stop. Torn right now and they know it. Not trying to take a promotional offer as a bad thing, but pleased with where I am at the moment- even to the point of turning down a title and pay that would definitely help my career/life.
Anyway, so I'm having breakfast with the VP of Ops to discuss the opportunity and hear another pitch. If I don't see a Brinks truck when I pull up...