Did you start a new job in 2012?

[Deleted]

Yep! I'm giving my last final exam right now. I :heart: my job!

[Deleted]

YES!!!!!

Job is going great. The people are super nice. My GI symptoms have totally cleared up. I no longer contemplate whether it would be nice to get hit by a car on my way to work.

I just miss my husband and my cats. And cheap rent and cheap booze. And streets that make sense!

[otowngirl]

Yup. Well, I started back at my first firm, so I don't know if it counts. Either way, it was a very positive move.

[mbcdefg]

Yes

So far, so good.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 9:05:45 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

YES!!!!!

Job is going great. The people are super nice. My GI symptoms have totally cleared up. I no longer contemplate whether it would be nice to get hit by a car on my way to work.

I just miss my husband and my cats. And cheap rent and cheap booze. And streets that make sense!

I'm really happy that this was a positive move for you. No one deserves to be as miserable as you were at your old job.

I do have to take issue with your last sentence. Isn't DC the ultimate street grid?

[rikki]

Yes. Almost a year later I still miss my old school, colleagues, and students.

The perks of my new job (6 weeks of vacation, the ability to work from home one day a week, etc.) are great, but there is something missing. My boss is nuts, too.

Overall, I am neutral about it.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 9:14:02 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Isn't DC the ultimate street grid?

No, it is not. There are diagonal streets running all through this joint. Streets randomly change names.

Example: you're on 7th St NW, and it just changes into Geogia Ave NW. A little bit later, 7th St NW REAPPEARS, but now it's 2 blocks east of Georgia Ave NW. WTF is that about? Not to mention all the streets that dead end and then start again. And everybody's always, "Oh, the streets are in alphabetical order!" but I'm pretty sure that every 5 blocks there is a street that is out of order.

And don't even get me started on Northern Virginia. I'm pretty sure the intersection of South Glebe Road and West Glebe Road is actually the end of the universe.

[y4m]

Yep!

I'm grateful for a change--I was in a plateau at my former company and things have gotten much worse there since I left.

New job is much more stressful than the old job, but I'm learning a lot and the money is fantastic. I think I'll probably burn out on sales in a few years, but hopefully I will have put myself in a position to go back to school and pay cash. And be fully vested in my stock options! I don't regret turning down my other new job at all--this was the right decision for where we are in our lives.

[y4m]

Dec 18, 2012 9:14:02 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

I do have to take issue with your last sentence. Isn't DC the ultimate street grid?

Ditto. DC streets make perfect sense! Drop me anywhere in that city and I can tell you where I am and get to any other point.

Now Virginia on the other hand...

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 9:24:13 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Dec 18, 2012 9:14:02 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Isn't DC the ultimate street grid?

No, it is not. There are diagonal streets running all through this joint. Streets randomly change names.

Example: you're on 7th St NW, and it just changes into Geogia Ave NW. A little bit later, 7th St NW REAPPEARS, but now it's 2 blocks east of Georgia Ave NW. WTF is that about? Not to mention all the streets that dead end and then start again. And everybody's always, "Oh, the streets are in alphabetical order!" but I'm pretty sure that every 5 blocks there is a street that is out of order.

And don't even get me started on Northern Virginia. I'm pretty sure the intersection of South Glebe Road and West Glebe Road is actually the end of the universe.

LOL. This sounds like Atlanta. Midtown is actually a grid with 3rd-17th Streets running east-west, but
a) there are no 1st and 2nd Streets and
b) the building on the corner of Peachtree and 3rd Street should be 300-something Peachtree St, no? But it's randomly 600-something. :@

/threadjack

[HoneySpider]

Yes, I switched jobs in Feb. Same university, different department/function.

My old job was miserable so I'm happy to be out of there. New job isn't bad, it has a lot of perks (going to Hawaii in Jan!) but overall it's not that challenging. Also, when I was hired I was told I could work at home 2 days a week. That got cut to one, then to none because boss found out she wasn't authorized to allow that. The WAH days are part of the reason I took this job and I feel like I got royally screwed.

I guess overall I don't mind my job, but if I didn't have to come back I wouldn't be upset.

[winnied]

Yes! I love my new job. It's funny when people ask about how it's going because I tell them it's better pay, better benefits, better hours, and better people. They immediately ask what took me so long to leave my old place. Having to leave my old job under weird circumstances was difficult but it definitely all worked out.

[changedname]

I switched in July.

Good - no travel, work from home, pretty easy job, ok money, much better life/work balance. (was travelling 3 weeks a month before).

Bad - I miss my old colleagues and clients. I made a lot more money in old job. Old job wa smore challenging and fun.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 9:25:37 GMT -5 y4m said:

Dec 18, 2012 9:14:02 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

I do have to take issue with your last sentence. Isn't DC the ultimate street grid?

Ditto. DC streets make perfect sense! Drop me anywhere in that city and I can tell you where I am and get to any other point.

Now Virginia on the other hand...

No, no, they do not.

Why does New Jersey Ave NW become 5th St NW? Why does 15th St NW move a block when it gets to McPherson Square? And what is with Connecticut Ave NW and 17th St NW? That is some confusing shit right there.

In what world does that make sense? NONE, I tell you!

[y4m]

You need to go get a book on Pierre L'enfant so you can appreciate these things!

[Deleted]

No, I curse the name of Pierre L'Enfant!

I mean, I know that I'll get used to it, but come on, the suggestion that D.C. is a "perfect grid" is so ridiculous. Obviously no place is perfect, but Manhattan and Chicago are SO much closer to being a "perfect grid."

[y4m]

You need to go spend some time in Los Angeles or San Francisco!

[jene]

I switched jobs in July

Good: I enjoy the groups that I support, it is excellent development for future positions. I love our new city, and this is the first place that we can see ourselves living here for a long time, and we are building a kick ass house

Bad: I miss my H. He is still working in our old city. We still see each other every weekend, but buying flights every weekend is not MM. My job has way more travel than what is slated for my position, and it doesn't look like it is going to let up at any point.

[Deleted]

But "more gridlike than Los Angeles or San Francisco" =/= "perfect grid."

WORDS HAVE MEANING, PEOPLE!

[Deleted]

I started this new job a couple of weeks ago after doing retail and leaving my old "real" job (not to offend, just that retail isn't my career path job) in the Spring. I'm loving it so far - good people, good work, a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. We'll see how the three month trial goes but I think I'm there for the long haul.

[rosetyler]

I did. I still regret making the move, but I don't hate it as much as I did three months ago. It will be tolerable.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 9:46:38 GMT -5 y4m said:

You need to go spend some time in Los Angeles or San Francisco!

Or Atlanta (vide supra).

[Deleted]

I think I am incapable of understanding cities with lots of diagonal streets.

[womet]

Yes, I started a new job in September.

Good: love my new boss (he's super chill and not a micromanager), everyone in my new office is really nice, it's much more relaxed environment here, I still see my friends from my old job regularly for lunch, make the same $$
Bad: most other people in my office travel a lot so it's very quiet here (also a good thing, but it wan be eerily quiet at times), not as many friends here as in my old job, gave up my office for a cube, commute is still sub-optimal

Overall, I am so glad I took this. I actually look forward to coming to work in the morning.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 10:20:27 GMT -5 v said:

I think I am incapable of understanding cities with lots of diagonal streets.

Downtown Denver was confusing to me. There is a nice NSEW grid throughout the city until you go downtown, where it randomly becomes diagonal.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 10:23:51 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Dec 18, 2012 10:20:27 GMT -5 v said:

I think I am incapable of understanding cities with lots of diagonal streets.

Downtown Denver was confusing to me. There is a nice NSEW grid throughout the city until you go downtown, where it randomly becomes diagonal.

That's like New York!

I live close to the intersection of Waverly Place and Waverly Place. And pretty much everything where I live is diagonal.

[Deleted]

I started a new job in September, hoping it would get me started in a new career. My boss is one of the worst managers alive this job is nothing like what I was told. I am looking for alternatives now and hoping to figure it out by March.

[Deleted]

Choco--YGPM

[agnes]

Started a new job in June.

Good: The commute is much better. I have better hours. More perks. Wonderful people. Love my manager. She does not micromanage AT ALL and is very understanding and realistic. No answering phones!

Bad: I still have to commute. I'm not challenged very much. I still have to help Cashier.

I have been taking on more work and learning new things. If I stay on this path I will be in management the next year or two and making 25% more. Overall, it was a good move.

Last job was perceived as something that would give me more opportunities but from what I've heard after I left, it wouldn't have lead to much.

[hannamaren]

I dont have a new job, but I am in a new location and no longer a manager.
Although it is hard to remember I am not the final word, it is so nice not to have the stress of managing. Also, the people I work with are so great.