YAYS

[lodessa]

My boyfriend works for one of the major bookstore chains. Currently he is in a Supervisor position, which basically entails a lot of responsibility and work but no authority and crappy pay. Literally some of the regular booksellers make less than a dollar an hour less than him. A few weeks ago, the store he works in's General Manager got enticed to move to a store than does about twice the business but is seriously in need to help because the last person in the position basically didn't do anything. The company gave him a $10,000 dollar raise to do it. In the following week a couple people mentioned to Jeremy that he should apply for the Inventory Manager position at that store. The only catch is that he is currently carless since his last one died and the store in question is a good 45 minutes away. So I, being the supportive girlfriend that I am, suggested that he could take my car. The promotion would mean about twice as much money for him, he'd go to salaried as opposed to hourly, and it would mean he could transfer at a higher level when we move next fall. Basically it was a good move for us and if I had to bus and bike for a few months till the extra money was enough to get started on a working car, that was a worthwhile sacrifice. So he called Marc the GM and set up an interview... which ended up going over two hours long and was followed up by a practical visit to the store to discuss problem solving. Marc had told him during the initial interview that it was between him and other Supervisor from our store, who is kind of the local asshole, and by the end was leaning towards Jeremy. Still we've been waiting since Friday for word and I think Jeremy was getting a little nervous.

However, this morning Marc finally called and there are some formalities to go through but HE PICKED JEREMY!

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!!

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

*victory dance*

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

SO HAPPY FOR YOU :D

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

Thanks. he's been so frustrated in the position he's in right now and I am so happy for him. (Also happy for me because it is going to significantly decrease the amount of debt I end up being in)

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

Which is for the win.

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

Although I am going to miss having my car for a few months.

[hamsterwoman]

Yay! Hope you get the car situation sorted quickly, too.

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The plan is to save all the extra income this job will bring in(other than the money spent on gas) for the next few months and between that and his quarterly bonus and his tax return he should be able to get something serviceable by around February.

In the meantime... well a little extra exercise never hurt anyone. Can't say I am looking forward to it though.

[actoplasm.livejournal.com]

He will be a sad loss for our store, and I've loved working with him, but he totally deserves it.

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am sure he will miss all most of you guys.

[hobviously.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to Jeremy.

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

You should come celebrate with us.