Time For A Change

[smalex]

Congratulations Anna!

[Duophonic]

Congratulations everyone! This year's started strong.

[Ella]

Congratulations!

[Livilla]

Congratulations Annabella!

I have just been reading through the contract for my new job too, which arrived last night, so I I will be resigning on Monday. After 12 years in the public sector I am moving back to a private sector business. It's going to be quite an adjustment, I imagine! :))

(it's a regulated firm and I will be in their legal team running their regulatory investigations and litigation).

[Princess Morripov]

Well done! Definitely lots of good news on this thread.

I have an interview for the job I went for :nerves: I don't have a date yet, and no idea what the interview will entail, but already can't wait for it to be over and done with :lol: UGH. Why do we put ourselves through this shit? :lol:

[Ella]

Congratulations, Liv! Nice one, Pov as well. You will smash it, you always do.

[Annabella]

Congratulations Anna!

Thank you. Drank the Sloe Gin from my Santee collection as a reward last night :)

[smalex]

Well deserved!

[Loralei]

Well done, everyone!

[Pippedydeadeye]

Fantastic news Annabella & Liv!

Will is be a total change of pace do you think Liv?

[Ruby]

I have an interview for the job I went for :nerves: I don't have a date yet, and no idea what the interview will entail, but already can't wait for it to be over and done with :lol: UGH. Why do we put ourselves through this shit? :lol:

I always think this. :lol: Applying for jobs is fucking evil.

[Annabella]

Congratulations Liv!

[Rosa]

Ooh, more good news! Well done, Annabella & Liv, and the best of luck, Pov!

[wendy james]

Good luck Pov!

Fabulous news Liv. I imagine it will be quite different?

[Princess Morripov]

I have an interview for the job I went for :nerves: I don't have a date yet, and no idea what the interview will entail, but already can't wait for it to be over and done with :lol: UGH. Why do we put ourselves through this shit? :lol:

I always think this. :lol: Applying for jobs is fucking evil.

Yes! I don't even want the job, I just want the money. :lol: :modelemployee:

[wendy james]

Will it affect your working/childcare arrangement if you get it?

[Ruby]

Yes! I don't even want the job, I just want the money. :lol: :modelemployee:

I am also currently applying for a job because it's more money and nearer to home.

[Livilla]

Will is be a total change of pace do you think Liv?

Yes, but I am hoping not too horrible! I am deliberately joining a business in a legal role, not going back into a law firm, so there is no pressure on me to bring in business and work all hours in order to keep the clients happy. That really isn’t a job with a work life balance at all.

Having said that though, I am going in at a Senior Director grade, so they are going to have high expectations (I already have a bit of imposter syndrome going on, on my first day I’ll be bricking it :lol: ). But, I know I have the skills and experience they need (it’s a new role), so will just have to fake it till I make it....

[Hobbes]

Congratulations Annabella and Liv, and well done on getting an interview Pov.

[Princess Morripov]

Will it affect your working/childcare arrangement if you get it?

No, it'll be the same. At the moment my boss has about 8 people reporting directly into her, and the team also needs to expand/take on permanent roles, so I think the idea is that this new role would report into her and take on the management of 4/5 of those people, another couple of roles will do similar, so she'll just have 3 people reporting into her which is less people management admin for her. So basically just creating a new level of management.

And equally, she can be regraded then as well (the role I am going for is the same grade as her, but she's been working at the grade above for YEARS but just not been recognised for that, although I'm assuming she's been satisfactorily remunerated in the meantime). I do think though that it gives her unrealistic expectations of what she would expect someone at that grade to do though (she is Global Head of <dull as fuck area I work in> which is insane to only be the grade she is) as equally there's people I know at that grade who do next to fuck all (I would prefer to be in that position :lol: )

*about 40% of the team are contractors and need to go