Jashley73
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2013
- Location
- Louisville, KY
As a few of you know, I've been in sales almost 2-1/2 years now, focused mainly on selling cutting tools to machine shops, etc.
I'm ready to move away from that, and back into the shop. To keep it short, there's two levels of frustration with the sales job that make it not worthwhile anymore. To be honest, I'm not really interested in posting any details - trying to stay on the high road here. (And certainly accepting my own failures & deficiencies here through it all.)
Here's where I would appreciate some insight.
I have a customer that I've been speaking with, regarding coming to work for them. Let's call it a programming/training job for now. Smaller business, family owned, very nice environment & equipment. Very high standards of work in difficult parts. I could see myself fitting in quite well with the people there. I undertstand that there are no perfect jobs, but I like the people (from my somewhat limited interaction with them,) I like that they have a mix of high-quality equipment, nice shop environment, nice cars in the parking lot, etc... (They seem to pass my pre-employment litmus tests, and I like the people.)
It would require me to relocate myself & family about an hour away. I'm ok with the idea, though I have a wife & two kids - one starting kindergarten this year, one toddler, wife staying at home for a while.
I could stick it out & find work in our home town, though this particular opportunity excites me much more than anything I'm aware of now, in our hometown. I really like the owners, and after the first round of talks with them, my gut says "do it". For what it's worth, I feel like my "gut" has been pretty accurate through the years, even including the present job I'm in.
I'm also trying to be cognizant of moving my family as well. Granted, it's not that far, but still moves us further from my & my wife's extended families.
One thing to consider is that we're selling our house now in order to down-size (financially) so my wife can be home with the kids. (#2 was a surprise - It's been a roller-coaster 2 years... LOL) So, that's already one major push out of our comfort zone. We can certainly stay in our current town, but selling our home also makes the possibility of moving to another city easier to justify.
Please weigh in. I may be wuss' to some of you, but it's a decision I don't take lightly. I would appreciate any "fatherly" advise for sure. Thanks in advance.
I'm ready to move away from that, and back into the shop. To keep it short, there's two levels of frustration with the sales job that make it not worthwhile anymore. To be honest, I'm not really interested in posting any details - trying to stay on the high road here. (And certainly accepting my own failures & deficiencies here through it all.)
Here's where I would appreciate some insight.
I have a customer that I've been speaking with, regarding coming to work for them. Let's call it a programming/training job for now. Smaller business, family owned, very nice environment & equipment. Very high standards of work in difficult parts. I could see myself fitting in quite well with the people there. I undertstand that there are no perfect jobs, but I like the people (from my somewhat limited interaction with them,) I like that they have a mix of high-quality equipment, nice shop environment, nice cars in the parking lot, etc... (They seem to pass my pre-employment litmus tests, and I like the people.)
It would require me to relocate myself & family about an hour away. I'm ok with the idea, though I have a wife & two kids - one starting kindergarten this year, one toddler, wife staying at home for a while.
I could stick it out & find work in our home town, though this particular opportunity excites me much more than anything I'm aware of now, in our hometown. I really like the owners, and after the first round of talks with them, my gut says "do it". For what it's worth, I feel like my "gut" has been pretty accurate through the years, even including the present job I'm in.
I'm also trying to be cognizant of moving my family as well. Granted, it's not that far, but still moves us further from my & my wife's extended families.
One thing to consider is that we're selling our house now in order to down-size (financially) so my wife can be home with the kids. (#2 was a surprise - It's been a roller-coaster 2 years... LOL) So, that's already one major push out of our comfort zone. We can certainly stay in our current town, but selling our home also makes the possibility of moving to another city easier to justify.
Please weigh in. I may be wuss' to some of you, but it's a decision I don't take lightly. I would appreciate any "fatherly" advise for sure. Thanks in advance.