Not So Fast or Pride Comes Before a Fall

Posted by Forest on August 5, 2008

So remember when I was feeling so confident the other day…as if they were just going to hand me my old job back…well, it’s never that easy.

HR called today and confirmed an interview for tomorrow morning with the department director.  Everything was looking good and I was still feeling good.  Then, on my way home from work today, I got a call from the director.  She told me I was still welcome to come in for the interview but she wanted me to know that she is being told to prioritize internal candidates.  So she just wanted to let me know that so I didn’t think she was wasting my time.  We will still go through with the interview on the off chance that there are no internal candidates.

I was completely caught off guard and really bummed.  I had been really banking on this and had pretty much quit caring about my current job.  (Yes, I know that’s terrible and stupid)

I get that internal candidates should have priority, but honestly, they are still going to have to train any internal candidate so I still think it would be wise on their part to select me because I could just jump right in where I left off.  I understand that they may be questioning my loyalty as I did choose to leave on my own volition.  I left solely for the money; I had liked what I was doing and I learned that the money wasn’t worth it.  So maybe loyalty gets rewarded by them hiring an internal candidate. We’ll wait and see.  I’m still praying that it all works out however it’s suppose to.  I’ve never been accused of being too much of an optimist, but my hopes are still relatively high that something will work out here.

And all this leads me to: what next? I definitely don’t want to stay where I am, so if it doesn’t work out at my old employer, I guess I will be on the hunt for a new job.  That should give me plenty to post about.  But I should know a little more after tomorrow.