the dilemma
i am faced with a dilemma brought on by many years of poor planning.
I have been working for my current employer for about 9 months now and being in sales, i am expected to bring a certain level of new business/profits to the company. I took a rather substantial pay-cut to join this company (more to escape my last employer than anything else) and have tightened my proverbial belt to within an inch of its usefulness. I am poor. Well, not living in a hovel in India with 25 relatives and a cow/God poor, but I’m poor compared to what I’m used to. This week, being the first week of a new month, my sales reports/figures were generated for last month. I was 25% better last month than I am this month. They don’t look good.
Then, in what I am sure MUST be a sign from God, I started to get Recruiters calling. First Monday i received an e-mail with a job opening, then this morning I received a telephone call from a very accomplished recruiter. She told me the details and I must admit I’m intrigued.
The dilemma I’m faced with is probably a no brainer for most, but for me there is a certain level of loyalty that I have for a company that saves me from the hellish existence I was living.
Do I leave my current employer and add yet another company to my increasingly long resume list?
OR
Do I stick it out, suffer thru with my miserable salary and hope that I meet my numbers soon so that I can get commission?
i have a feeling this will consume my weekend.
I know…I’ll have a martini… That ALWAYS helps me relax and get to the meat of the matter.