Declined.

November 5th, 2010

So this past week, I interviewed for a promotion at work. The title: Senior Agent. The job: essentially it's an internship on the way to being a supervisor. Responsibilities include taking supervisor calls for less than supervisor pay, meeting the obligations of your position such as supporting the floor, making call backs to customers, learning the tricks of the job by shadowing a current supervisor and doing some of the tasks they perform like quality checks and such. Then you have your own call goal to meet.

Such a task I could meet head on, were it my primary focus, but it's not. I am completely focused on school and finishing this time. The last time I left school for a semester to take a break, it ended up being five years before I returned. I can't let that happen again by being distracted. At 26 years old and a couple more years left of school, I will thankfully graduate before I'm 30, but I have no desire to put out any longer than that. Right now I work a lot of hours and it is tough on me, mentally, physically and emotionally, but I am comfortable and "coasting" in a way. I'm maintaining good grades and standing, but I fear that if I do anything that will pull my focus away that it will all come crumbling down. I am comfortable where I am, though I wish the money were better. For now, just being an agent is good enough.

So when they offered me the position, I respectfully declined.