I have decided to turn down the position with Aldi's, for any who are interested. It came to just a few key issues.
3. Losing 2 vacations when I am about to gain one(2 for each of the next 3 yrs vs 5 next year).
2. The hours will be fewer, but less preferable shifts. Explanation: I don't want to work every single Saturday (yes, I'm whining there), and if most of my shifts will be later in the day it leaves less possibility of evening church functions which I am heavily attached to.
1. The number 1 reason took me some time to even realize.
Challenge-I feel the need to be challenged.(Is that a man thing?) While an easier job is tempting, will it be fulfilling? I spoke with a seasoned store manager and the District Manager, both of them told me this job would probably be easy for me. I don't enjoy
every challenge at McDee's, but I do enjoy that there
is challenge. When this thought first came to me, I dismissed it as trying to rationalize myself out of change. But truth is,
I like the challenge.I wonder, does that confirm "anonymous'" accusation of me as having an
overdeveloped sense of servitude? (Btw-I have never
struggled to hold anything in just because I was at work. I just don't
plan certain activities during the workday, and I seem to have figured out how to control myself.)
There is another good argument for not going to Aldi's at this point. What I really want to do is full-time, paid ministry. Aldi's is not a stepping stone toward that, and that might be enough right there.
Anyway, that's the second question for today--Do you find easy jobs fulfilling?