repo_man

Good weekend so far. Friday was sad to start, my RL wife's grandmother passed away and the wake/funeral was Friday. She was 97 when she passed and had a great life. She was ready to go.

Saturday was the PARTY OF THE YEAR. Friends of ours pull out all the stops for their annual 4th of July party. Sick fireworks, kegs of quality beer, catered...
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COLUMBUS PROSTITUTE:

It's raining out as I drive past the University. Lightning behind me. It's well past midnight. Humidity rushes in as I roll down my window. I drive into the motel parking lot. The first thing I see is a big red neon sign. DRIVE THRU CHECK IN ----------> A drive-thru check in, ....this should tell me all I need to know. The lady...
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Last Saturday was a completely fucking busy day. Didnt get to sleep until late Friday night, like 2am. Up at 6:30am Saturday for 7:30am TBall Team pictures. That lasted about half an hour, then we practiced from 8 to 8:45am, then the game was 9 to 10:30am.

Get home, I put Leah in the shower and off we went to her dance recital. She had...
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Feeling a bit glum... Work is sucking as usual. I've rededicated myself after the news two weeks ago. Still in a bit of a funk over losing out on both of those opportunities. Can't entirely shake it. The support I get from my inside guy is ridiculous. He's been there almost 30 years and he's practically brain-dead. He just fucks things up and I always...
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So.... a little clarity after 2 days of depression....

The Montreal job was the real heartbreaker. I thought I was perfect for the job. I knew the product well, I knew the market, I had a complete home office which they needed. I would've been covering the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic market. I hit it off with the 5 principals in the company. I had great...
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0 for 2. Devastated...

HELLO. Now I play the waiting game. I think I went 2 for 2 on my interviews. I just have to wait and see if I beat out the competition. I'm not the only person trying to move up in the World. I find it odd both companies told me they weren't going to consider applicants that weren't currently working. Well, how are the poor...
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So tomorrow morning is my 3rd interview with the Computer company. I'm starting to not love this job as much as I originally did. They've had two big layoffs in the past decade, one as recent as 2009. So that has me concerned. I do LOVE the territory. Southeast US from Houston to Atlanta up to DC/Philly/NJ and all points in between.

Job #2, I...
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Sorry, if I'm overblogging about this interview process, but it's beginning to get oddly interesting. Company #1, the Computer hardware manufacturer that wants me to cover the Southeast called me this afternoon and wants me to do a THIRD and FINAL interview next week. So next Friday, May 20th, they want me to make a PowerPoint presentation in front of five of their management team...
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So, I had the 2nd interview with the French Canadian company today. I met with the principal owner and the CFO. We talked for nearly two hours. I even spoke a little French to them, like, "Bonjour, je parle un peu franais. Nice de vous rpondre. Mon nom est Ronald."

We talked about the assemblies they make, and what markets they want to be in,...
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Update....

The job I thought I was out of the running for called me Wednesday afternoon and set up an appointment for Thursday afternoon, today. It went extremely well I think. With this job, I'll be covering the Southeast and most of the midwest. Pretty much from Chicago down to Texas and then everything east to the Atlantic. Big hubs I would be covering if...
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Soooooooooooo


Looks like the French-Canadian company is going to make me an offer next week. It'll be a steep pay increase over what I'm getting with my current company, but will require a good amount of travel. I will be the US Sales Manager, covering the East Coast and Northeast. Probably Boston down to the Carolinas, including NY, Philly, DC, maybe Ohio too.

Scary since...
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