(Closed) Not sure what to do….

posted 5 years ago in Career
Post # 1
Member
461 posts
Helper bee
  • Wedding: July 2013

This will probably be long and I apologize for those that do get through it. I went to school and got my degree in Early CHildhood Education. I graduated in 2009, could not find a teaching job and found my way into the great world of retail. I promised myself it would be a year and I would be out.

Well four years later, I still hold my job in retail. I renew my teaching license when it needs to be done because I still hope I will find a teaching job. I was lucky enough to have gotten a teachers aide position last spring and was able to reduce my hours at the retail store to one day a week.

Well school is out and I am unsure if I will be asked back to the aide position in the fall because of budget cuts. Which makes me really sad, cause I love that job. But I am back to my retail job full time now.

Today I got a text from my retail boss. She had a big meeting with her big boss. And I have been asked to become a co-manager. I hesitate to say yes though. Pros: more money, new challenge, more responsibility. Cons: less time with FH, schedule would be all over the place, morning, mid shift or night shift is possible, my department has lots of trouble makers in it and I am not sure how they would handle me as a boss, and i always said i never wanted to be a manager.

It seems like any time anyone who was just a regular employee moves to a manager position in my store, their head swells and they become terrors. I don’t want this to happen to me. Also, I would feel bad if I took the position and then in September had to leave to go back to being an aide. Plus, I am getting married this summer. Just a lot going on.

But the big boss wants me in this position. She specifically told my boss I would be the absolutely best fit for the position. How awesome is that? FH wants me to see how much more money it would be and what my hours really would be. I just hate not knowing what to do…….I just needed to vent. I can’t talk to any of my friends because most work with me or know people I work with and I am not allowed to tell anyone at work about the offer yet.

Post # 3
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9139 posts
Buzzing Beekeeper
  • Wedding: November 2013 - St. Augustine Beach, FL

If you turn it down, you most likely won’t be given any more opportunities from the retail company.

If you accept it, it’s unlikely you will be able to continue working as a aide which will likely negatively impact your ability to get a teaching job in the future.

I would have to say that you are at a crossroads where you need to decide how committed you are to becoming a teacher.  If you absolutely must become a teacher then you need to turn down the co-manager position and start focusing on whatever you can do to get a full time teaching position.

You don’t sound that excited about embarking on a career in retail but are you good at it?  Is it fulfilling at all?  I liked the responsibility of the retail management position I had; I also liked the pay and benefits of the retail job.  Are you okay with the crazy hours required by retail jobs?  I hated missing weekend events and holidays because I had to work.  Do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years as a manager of your own store?  Or do you see yourself finally teaching?

Being a newlywed is difficult but this is an important decision that needs to be made now so you have time to develop your career before having children.  Are you going to be a teacher or a retail store manager?

Post # 4
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60 posts
Worker bee
  • Wedding: November 2013

I can say from experience, that it’s hard to escape a job as demanding as that one would be.  It will gradually take over your life.  Have you considered another field in which you could teach or train, such as banking?

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