i dunno

so, i don't think we've talked about this here. i may have dropped a few words to a few people in my wheelhouse but ...good grief, let me get to the point.

those two lines up there? that was yesterday. that is as far as i got. fortunately i left myself a few bread crumbs.

after five years i have reached the end of my job. i have learned it and excelled in it. i've taken on other tasks as well. the boss and i had a chat sometime before my burn - she said there was nothing new she could teach me because there wasn't enough business. yesterday while we were walking around the building, because fitbit, i brought up the subject.

"i know i'm a good employee - an excellent employee. i know what i need to do. if i were to ask you to schedule a date for my review, would anything come of it?"

the answer was no. "we would just tell each other what we already know. nothing is going to change so let's just not go through that."

i was not surprised at her answer. we said a few nice things to each other and intentionally moved on to another conversation.

like i said, not surprised. i've been thinking this over for a few months now. ergo, career coach. since our first meeting she has asked me to research a job i'm thinking of, meet people in the career to see what it is like, research salaries for my current job.

i have 3 people i will be talking to. one of them is today at lunch. the other two i need to nudge them to give me a date and time. researching salaries for my current job - sigh - . coach did warn me. she directly said i was being underpaid and i would not be happy seeing the information. those weren't exactly her words but you get the gist. currently i am being underpaid to the range up to 10k. that is not including the other jobs that i know and cover when people are out of the office.

however, i can't seem to put a pin in the career i'm interested in. some sites say the median of the career is what i would be making if i was properly compensated. some say it would almost cut my salary in half.

my reasons for looking at another career in no particular order:

i want to spend the last 15 years of my work life happy
desire to work in a job where i can move to anywhere in the US. (my job only has a few spots)
something i could advance in
make more money and have the potential to increase my salary over these last years

the first two are pretty definite. the third maybe. and the fourth - who knows. fortunately having a coach has helped. i've taken a few tests and i did not learn anything new about myself but it put my work traits and character in precise terms. that is good.

i'm still not ready to spill the rest of the beans. but you can know that i am seriously looking for a new job and fairly certain a new career.

keep me in your thoughts and prayers and i'll keep you updated the best i can.

peace peeps.