What triggered me to make a change? My controller asked me to seal the envelope to the bonuses of the employees on the payroll, she was too lazy to do it herself. I was curious as to what kind of bonus others were getting, so I peeked. To my dismay, a store manager's bonus exceeded my yearly salary. I worked so hard day in and day out, yet they did not reward me. That's when I decided to call it quits. I even gave myself a deadline.
Working 9am-5pm didn't give me many chances to go on work interviews. But I managed to snag an interview that's an hour drive away and told them I had to leave early for work that day. They asked, "What was I doing?" I just told them it's a personal matter. Luck was on my side, I got offered the position at $23k per year and I accepted.
I gave in my resignation and my two weeks notice, still I was emotional. They accepted it and started interviewing candidates. My replacement started soon after before I was to leave. She only worked a couple days before quitting. So now, they had no one to replace me and pulled me aside offering to match what I was getting at the other position. I lied and told them $25k and they were willing to match it (they knew they were underpaying me all these years), but I declined and decided to move on to the new company.
That decision proved to be right move as I've managed to gain yearly raises there after. From there, I haven't really put my thoughts down on paper on each passing day. Most are private to share. Point of this little tidbit on my humble beginnings is that I should start documenting my progress in my stock portfolio, what trades I may make, my thoughts of the trade or it'll just become a distant memory.
