Holy. Crap.

[lapacifidora]

No, no, let me repeat myself: Holy. Crap.

The place I'd much rather work actually wants to hire me on part time (to start with, at least), and now I need to figure out how to break up with the current employer.

(Side note: I've never broken up with anyone. Mostly because there's never been anyone to break up with. God, I write stuff like that, and i realize how lame my life is most of the time.)

But anyways, I need to figure out how to delicately extract myself from this company where I've been "working", and do so in as nice a way as possible. Considering my default personality setting doesn't really fall under 'nice', this should be interesting.

Still, I'm super excited that the place I want to work wants me to work there, though I'm sure there'll be all sorts of nonsense to put up with there, as well. But I find I'm much more likely to put up with nonsense when it's someplace I like. For instance: 
- Not being able to find a comfortable pair of cute heels at Bass: Put up with it because I like the rest of their products
- The insane feeling-like-a-sardine thing at Trader Joe's at the weekend: Dont put up with it because Trader Joe's executive corporate management are poo heads.

Still: It's times like this I wish I'd taken ravivdoras up on her offers to set me up with her insane guy friends in high school just so I could have some experience with how to break up with someone/thing. (Of course, those guy friends were insane for a reason, and as I've gotten to know them better since high school, I realize now it never would've gotten far enough where I would've needed to break up with them: I just would've stopped answering the phone or returning their calls. And then eventually told them to fuck off.)

OK. Rant-eth endeth-eth. Sleepy now.

Comments

[jheaton.livejournal.com]

Breaking up with an employer is nothing compared to breaking up with a person. The thing to remember is that it's a professional relationship, not a personal one, so you don't have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings. Just tell your boss you've been offered a new job. You don't need to go into any detail, and given your feelings about the organization it's probably best you didn't. (Never burn a bridge you don't have to.) It's considered good professional etiquette to give at least two weeks notice, and your new employer will anticipate you needing at least that much time before you start.

Oh, and congratulations!