Job Interview!

[azfiddle]

Yay- hope it is great!

[emily_in_nc]

Great news, congrats Crankin!

Sorry I am just getting to this thread now as we've been traveling, and I haven't been on TE in days.

[Wahine]

Yay for you!!

[Jolt]

Congratulations!

[shootingstar]

Congrats., Crankin. Hope you and clients (and their parents) work out well.

And cycling in personal schedule is always a healthy thing.

[Crankin]

Didn't bring up the cycling to work issue at my interview... I think it can wait until I start, because it will probably be 4-6 weeks after that, that I would consider riding to work. The office is short on space, but given the building is attached to a hospital, there must be a rack, although I have not seen one. Plus, I really don't want to leave my custom Guru at a rack. I have seen bikes chained to railings in the parking garage. Believe me, I will ask. The hospital has a fairly big wellness program, but my cycling friend, who works in development there is always talking about how unfit the medical staff is, and how poorly the nurses eat in the cafeteria!
This might be an excuse to get a dedicated commuter, as this is going to be my last job (I hope).

[spokewench]

Great Job on the interview!

[Catrin]

Congratulations!

[Crankin]

Just told the first client family about this. One who lives 5 miles from me, so the dad was quite happy to bring the kid to the new place. Too bad I won't be able hike or ride with him anymore!

[Crankin]

Thought I'd bump this up. My last day at my present job is January 30th and it has been a weird 8 weeks.
I had no contact from my new boss until I called her on 12/24, to check in. I got a verbal reassurance of her offer and we discussed start dates. She said the next step was to wait for something from corporate. Well, I waited and waited, and started getting scared. Last week, I spoke to the doc who I work with now and will also be working with in the new job; he said don't worry, you're set. I left a voice mail on Tuesday and Wednesday I got so pissed, I called the corporate office and left a VM for HR. I emailed my new boss and told her so.
Well, that got her attention. She was pissed, as I knew she would be, as according to the doc, she single handedly does everything at the clinic. She sent me an email, apologizing for not communicating, saying she's been swamped, with clinicians out sick, blah, blah. Who doesn't answer phone calls or emails?
I responded, very nicely and ignored her comment that she hoped this wasn't how I operated (going over her head). Had another long talk with the doc yesterday. He said she asked if I was " a worker" and asked him if I "had" to work. The doc told her he had no idea if I had to work (which of course is not true, he does), but that I was a very hard worker and I was an advocate for my clients. She told him she got the sense that what he said was true... she is overly concerned that I am just another rich, entitled Concord woman, with a husband who has a good job. I know she's been burned by a few of the clinicians there and left in the lurch, so I get it, but her own issues are really playing into this, i.e. she's single, the clinic is her life, and the doc said she has issues with people who don't take their job seriously. Well, that's not me, the one who went from the delivery room, back to work, pretty much. I have never not worked.
She'll get to know me, so I am not worried. I go to orientation on February 6th. Three of my clients are coming with me and I am so looking forward to the end of my driving 300 miles a week days.

[emily_in_nc]

How strange, crankin. I sure hope you and your new boss will be able to get over this little bump in the road and have a good working relationship. It's so unprofessional not to return emails or phone calls! And she definitely sounds judgmental. Wishing you the best in the new position and hoping this little snag isn't a sign of things to come!

[Crankin]

You know, I think people in this field (apart from those with their own practices) do not have a clue how the business world works. I always see workshops for therapists, supposedly I am sure my age, who are "afraid" of new ways. I think this is more her personality, but the doc said this is how all these places are, and I should not listen to my DH on this. And he's an older guy, who works at a few places. Well, I guess I just got the first job I've had, with no written letter of the offer. Come to think of it, I don't think I had one for my present job. In many ways, public schools are even light years above this. Yet, everything she told me about the way they operate, the feel of the place, and the way the place is set up made me feel that I will be a good fit. You are right, she is judgmental. I am just so thankful I had prior knowledge of this from the doc. The thing is, I probably have some of the same feelings about the women who have been issues for her, but I have learned not to be judgmental about it. That group was judgmental toward me when I was a working mom of young kids, and I just lived my life, knowing I was doing what was right for me. And, there's the cultural/religious issue, too. Sometimes there's this "one-upmanship" between Jewish women, so I am just going to have to be so nice, it will kill her! It reminds me of the time I took my son to some event at our temple. After the service, a woman came up to me when she noticed me talking to one of her friends, who was not a member. I happened to have worked with the person I was talking to. The woman (mom of one of my son's classmates) said, "Oh, I didn't think you worked. You always look so nice." Like, all I did was lie around, get my nails done, and eat bon bons!

[Catrin]

Crankin, good luck with the new job! I hope you are able to develop a good working relationship with the new boss and this job provides the opportunities you are looking for!

[shootingstar]

Hope all goes well, Crankin. Having a written job offer and indication that you accepted is always helpful.

[Dogmama]

Hard to know what that woman was thinking. Maybe she has some personal stuff going on & (although it's unprofessional) you took some of her heat. Or maybe you remind her of somebody and she's wary. I suspect that once she gets to know you, this stuff will be a thing of the past.