Thursday 25 September 2014

A new job

I'll whip 'em into shape!
Last week as I was about to go home, I was stopped by the human resources lady. Whether I had seen the ad? Yes, well no, I hadn't. What ad? The ad for a team leader. She was sure it would be a perfect fit for me! 

Well, I wasn't as convinced. As a matter of fact, I turned her down immediately saying it wasn't something I wanted for a few more years yet. Because a team leader has to be able to communicate with the members of the team (fellow busdrivers) and relay information to them. Plus write a weekly report, do some basic illness follow-ups and several other things. I felt that I hadn't the necessary Norwegian knowledge to do all that. 

For some reason though, I kept thinking about it. Mainly because one of the colleagues present when she asked me, kept talking about it. In front of others. Great! And he seemed to think I would be perfect at it. So did the current team leader I would be taking over from. 

In the end I wasn't sure anymore. I needed to know more. My own team leader was away on holiday so I asked another one. What did it entail, how did he like it etc etc. In the end I went up to the human resources lady and said that even though I was still not 100% (about 99% actually) convinced, I was willing to give it a go. I had done something slightly similar years ago in Italy and that had worked out fine, so why not here? 

The end of the story is: you can congratulate me! I got the job. I will still do the driving I normally do, but add to that all the other duties! It will be temporary, but with a chance of becoming more permanent! I am moving up in the world...

7 comments:

  1. Hari Om
    ...right, so am assuming this means up in salary also? Either way, kudos to Mara!!! Congrats. All you need now is to know about the leg bizzo and Christmas will have arrived early &*> YAM xx

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    1. Yes, the leg bizzo, or as it now turns out to be more and more: back and sides bizzo. Taking have pain killers during the evening to get me through the night, but must say they work!

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  2. Congratulations, Mara. From your writings it is obvious you are one others would want to follow!!

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    1. Thank you Janice! So far people have been supportive of me becoming their team leader, so that is already good!

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  3. So glad you took the job. You have all the qualities of a leader. It comes across clearly in your blogs :)

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  4. Congratulations, Mara! I'm so excited for you!!

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