Life is about choices…

Last week, I found that my quest for new employment had paid off and I was offered a position with a company that fitted all my criteria such as large International, good career prospects, good package, etc. However when I informed my current employers of the said situtaion they were as you can guess far from happy and quickly counter offered for my stay! Now, it can feel quite priviledged to be in this position but I have not had a good week deciding what I should do.

Now, in my heart of hearts I know I want to leave for many reasons including on a professional and personal level. But I am also an individual motivated by money and what my current employer offered me did seem quite attractive but I have to ask myself why I went looking in the first place? Would I still be happy with the extra money per month and still work with the same people and will I be happy knowing I was bribed to stay and how does this bode on ones character?

So I ummed and I ahhed, and although it was clear to me which direction I was going to take outside my current office but inside my office the senior management really played it up so that I felt suitably guilty and wrote rambling emails to friends whom all told me that I should follow my heart (probably since they were sick of hearing me moan about my job!). So finally at the weekend my confirmation and contract arrived which I have now dually signed and am awaiting to send which means tomorrow I will be handing in my notice to my current employers…

Woo-Hoo!