Powerless in New York
December 19, 2007 by smack
Utterly powerless. I can’t pop into an office and say “hey, how’s that decision coming?” and get a “oh, you know, it’s going to be a few days” answer. I’m sitting with my thumb up my butt here, people. I want to do more follow up calls tomorrow, but that only makes it a day of rest between followups. However, people like persistence, but when does persistence cross the line into annoying pestering stalking? I’m so afraid of screwing up at this stage of the game, know what I mean? In this case where (please read, everyone who said decisions are made after year end) they TOLD ME the decision would be made “this week” which was last week.. with one company readjusting that to “this week” meaning this week, I would think checking back again would be sort of ok? Ugh. I really don’t know. There is no right answer. No matter how right you think you are, there really isn’t one. Hell, who knows, maybe an “internal candidate surfaced and we like to promote within, I’m sure you understand.” This waiting is so ridiculous. this not knowing. I would hope that if I’m even in a hiring manager type position that I’ll remember this pain and at least call people/email people to let them know the decision hasn’t been made YET, and give a better window.. and maybe let them know it’s not a game of persistence anymore so to just hang tight and wait for the call either way.
You know, if I’m ever in that position. Which would mean i’d have to get a job somehow. Some way.
So I was looking at gift suggestions for sister-in-laws last night and Yahoo shopping suggested this book, called “Bitter is the new Black” (plus some annoyingly long subtitle because everyone knows that’s so witty ever since that movie Dr. Strangelove came out). I wasn’t really interested in buying the book but what caught my eye was that the author has one of those amazing “fall from grace, kicked down in the dirt, then started a blog, and now makes millions” stories that I keep hearing about. And I think, how easy is it really to do that? It seems so easy to just get a “literary agent”, start writing crap, and then get people to read your blog, and then BOOM! you have a book deal and millions. But then again, I wrote once that anyone and their mothers nowadays can get an MBA, and then some guy was like “hello, not EVERYONE can or deserves to get one, it’s hard work” (I still don’t buy that, guy).
Aaanyhoo….I think you should get your hands on a literary agent and see what happens. I’m not sure how easy that is or how much it costs or whatever, but I mean if that lady with her boring “duh, I’m sitting at home waiting for the exterminator” blog can publish a fricken book, why can’t you?
call ‘em. I’d call ‘em. For all they know YOU’RE the one deciding between many, MANY fabulous jobs and need to know an approximate date of decision (or better yet, a decision) as soon as possible…I’d call ‘em.
..but then again, patience has never been a strong point of mine. so who knows what my opinion is worth
Did you call them yet?
That one guy - he was just ….well you were right, he needs to clip his toenails!
called and called! Now it’s holiday time and I’ll probably stalk company #1 a few more times, and company #2 1 more time since i’ve been unable to get them on the phone in human - and I haven’t gotten any response from them at all!