choice - I'm going to New Zealand....
I fly out in 19hours - woohoo - its a work trip BUT I still love any kind of travel that involves a stamp in my passport. Now even though NZ is only 3 hours flight from my home - I have never been there before. I have been to Paris, London, New York, StJohn(US Virgin Islands), LA, Thailand, Indonesia BUT I have never been to our nearest neighbour - NZ or Brotown as some call it.
On Friday (mydayoff) I am going down to Rotarua to hang at Hells Gate bubblymud thingy day spa thing. It looks awesome and I am going for the ULTIMUD packaged. Following that we are staying at a hotel with full touristy thingy and we are seeing some dancing and having a 'choice' hangi for dinner. Saturday we are off to the Bay of Plenty then back to Auckland for a work dinner on Sunday. Then Mon-thursday in our NZ office - where the people are just awesome!
Haven't heard back from my ph interview on Monday - but the GM of bose gave me a phone interview and invited me to attend a 2nd interview when I get back from NZ. Cheeky bugger tried to get me down on salary - but I responded with " but you must appreciate given your brand and your positioning in the market - that when you settle for price - you get what you pay for. Your brand isn't about price, its about high performance, value add, top shelf. Your company/brand really needs a strategic professional - not some HR admin person (which he had told me they had previously and didn't cut it)and to get this level of experience and expertise - thats what you have to pay for."
So proud of myself for being so ballsy!!
I had a big catch up with BIS (my former mentor/manager)and he is super concerned i could be leaving and asked what would keep me.
I responded with...
1) him signing on to be my manager again.*ha* wont happen, but worth a try.
2) my salary budgets for my team fully approved (to pay my awesome team members the salaries they really deserve - they aren't super high in comparison - but it would be great to not just reward them - but pay them what they deserve!)
3) title change to ANZ HRM
4) additional levels of authority - directives straight from MD and not thru DC.
5) finally a $20K for me.
I think he may have back doored some of this to the big MD who has been super nice and appreciative of me this week. DC is still away on leave - and then I am back in the office Friday week - but then he is out for another week at a customer retreat..so at this stage it may be more positive.
Went back to the GP - and i have a stomach ulcer. On top of the stress and crap - the tummy discomfort and the nausea have a real reason.
The good side is - it supresses my appetite!! DOWNSIDE - no coffee, no chillis, no drinking (oops my itinery for NZ does involve some wineries and bars with NZ coworkers and it would be so RUDE of my to refuse..)
Looking for alternative therapies cause I dont want any dodgy side effects from medication that the CP prescribed.
On Friday (mydayoff) I am going down to Rotarua to hang at Hells Gate bubblymud thingy day spa thing. It looks awesome and I am going for the ULTIMUD packaged. Following that we are staying at a hotel with full touristy thingy and we are seeing some dancing and having a 'choice' hangi for dinner. Saturday we are off to the Bay of Plenty then back to Auckland for a work dinner on Sunday. Then Mon-thursday in our NZ office - where the people are just awesome!
Haven't heard back from my ph interview on Monday - but the GM of bose gave me a phone interview and invited me to attend a 2nd interview when I get back from NZ. Cheeky bugger tried to get me down on salary - but I responded with " but you must appreciate given your brand and your positioning in the market - that when you settle for price - you get what you pay for. Your brand isn't about price, its about high performance, value add, top shelf. Your company/brand really needs a strategic professional - not some HR admin person (which he had told me they had previously and didn't cut it)and to get this level of experience and expertise - thats what you have to pay for."
So proud of myself for being so ballsy!!
I had a big catch up with BIS (my former mentor/manager)and he is super concerned i could be leaving and asked what would keep me.
I responded with...
1) him signing on to be my manager again.*ha* wont happen, but worth a try.
2) my salary budgets for my team fully approved (to pay my awesome team members the salaries they really deserve - they aren't super high in comparison - but it would be great to not just reward them - but pay them what they deserve!)
3) title change to ANZ HRM
4) additional levels of authority - directives straight from MD and not thru DC.
5) finally a $20K for me.
I think he may have back doored some of this to the big MD who has been super nice and appreciative of me this week. DC is still away on leave - and then I am back in the office Friday week - but then he is out for another week at a customer retreat..so at this stage it may be more positive.
Went back to the GP - and i have a stomach ulcer. On top of the stress and crap - the tummy discomfort and the nausea have a real reason.
The good side is - it supresses my appetite!! DOWNSIDE - no coffee, no chillis, no drinking (oops my itinery for NZ does involve some wineries and bars with NZ coworkers and it would be so RUDE of my to refuse..)
Looking for alternative therapies cause I dont want any dodgy side effects from medication that the CP prescribed.
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