Do you believe in karma?
I'm a whole-hearted yes. I have somewhat of a unique physique such that people who meet me once will remember me. I even have people come up to me randomly all the time that say they remember seeing me at x bar from a year ago or even from school 4 years ago, when I never had talked to them in my life. Thus, they may even have an impression of me without even meeting me.
I think that's a really good thing because I'm very personable. I've met a lot of cool people that way. Every restaurant around home knows me, and are very friendly whenever I come in. However, it's those bad times that really come back to haunt. I ran into an old high school classmate one Saturday night about a year ago and I was tipsy; I saw him again this weekend and he initially seemed to have the impression I was a drunk. After hanging out for a little I changed that impression, but still, it was like karma getting me back for being drunk in public a year ago.
I have run into what I consider an ethical dilemma today, in the work arena. I have a job that is relatively easy for my experience, I have GREAT bosses who think I'm brilliant, I am paid competitively, and in general it's a good place to work. Some hard times have hit, and I just learned there were some layoffs, something that hadn't happened there in awhile. Coincidentally, the same day, a recruiter called and is interested in hooking me up with a new job. [I have a private profile on careerbuilder, apparently, it's a little less private than I thought] He called back late tonight and said he spoke with the manager, and he wants to set up an in-person interview. He mentioned, in pretty direct terms, if I do well on the interview, they won't interview anyone else. The new position is a fairly substantial pay raise and they mentioned they want to fast-track a candidate if they succeed (an opportunity I don't have now). To add to the theme of karma, my boss's dad died two days ago, so I'm kind of helping out with his work. Today, he was very grateful how I ran a meeting for him last week, and pretty much took over one of the major projects that randomly came up, saving him hours of work.
I know there are a ton of variables in a new company and there's also no guarantee that place wouldn't have layoffs. Karma suggests I turn down the interview, but dangling more money and advancement opportunities is hard to resist...
I'm a whole-hearted yes. I have somewhat of a unique physique such that people who meet me once will remember me. I even have people come up to me randomly all the time that say they remember seeing me at x bar from a year ago or even from school 4 years ago, when I never had talked to them in my life. Thus, they may even have an impression of me without even meeting me.
I think that's a really good thing because I'm very personable. I've met a lot of cool people that way. Every restaurant around home knows me, and are very friendly whenever I come in. However, it's those bad times that really come back to haunt. I ran into an old high school classmate one Saturday night about a year ago and I was tipsy; I saw him again this weekend and he initially seemed to have the impression I was a drunk. After hanging out for a little I changed that impression, but still, it was like karma getting me back for being drunk in public a year ago.
I have run into what I consider an ethical dilemma today, in the work arena. I have a job that is relatively easy for my experience, I have GREAT bosses who think I'm brilliant, I am paid competitively, and in general it's a good place to work. Some hard times have hit, and I just learned there were some layoffs, something that hadn't happened there in awhile. Coincidentally, the same day, a recruiter called and is interested in hooking me up with a new job. [I have a private profile on careerbuilder, apparently, it's a little less private than I thought] He called back late tonight and said he spoke with the manager, and he wants to set up an in-person interview. He mentioned, in pretty direct terms, if I do well on the interview, they won't interview anyone else. The new position is a fairly substantial pay raise and they mentioned they want to fast-track a candidate if they succeed (an opportunity I don't have now). To add to the theme of karma, my boss's dad died two days ago, so I'm kind of helping out with his work. Today, he was very grateful how I ran a meeting for him last week, and pretty much took over one of the major projects that randomly came up, saving him hours of work.
I know there are a ton of variables in a new company and there's also no guarantee that place wouldn't have layoffs. Karma suggests I turn down the interview, but dangling more money and advancement opportunities is hard to resist...
