Decision
It turned out to be a rather easy decision in the end, me staying in NYC. I didn’t feel like I was losing anything by not accepting the London office’s “offer.” In fact, I felt that I was averting a royal screw over. I still want to go to London…badly, but what the company offered me just wasn’t up to par with the very basics of my expectations.I’ve done a lot of research about transferring, not to mention talking to friends that already live and work there. In short, after 9 months of digging I felt very educated. After mulling over the simple facts of what a move would (and should) entail, I came to a conclusion of what my bottom line was.
The offer I got wasn’t even near that bottom line.
What was my bottom line, you ask?
I refused to be poor in a big city - again.
To be blunt, if I’m going to haul ass across the big blue pond to live and work, then it better be for a better offer than the equivalent of moving to Jersey City and living in a flat share with potentially crazy people.
Been there, done that, and I really am not up for doing it again. Especially after working so hard to get where I am today.
For the foreseeable future, all bets are off with London. I hope someday I’ll have an opportunity to go over, but when I'm offered a position that is a strategic move for my career and a financial package that doesn’t require parental assistance.
I have no regrets about staying in New York. How could I? This city has been my dream since I was 10 years old. It would have been heartbreaking to leave...
posted by Lisa @ 12:02 PM
2 Comments:
congrats on your decision!
i would say something cheezy about your mindset being akin to GWB's but better...but i would shudder if ANYONE compared me to our lovely prez.
I think that I would leap at an offer to go to Europe, but maybe I don't know what the bottom line really was. Meanwhile, I can't even afford to go to my reunion, not that I would anyway.
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