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It was in the year of 2004. I had been working at the same company for four years. My position had been the same ever since I joint. The business unit had grown in size and revenue year over year. The team had grown. All team members were two or three band levels higher than mine while I was asked to lead. There was no chance for promotion because all money had been spent hiring senior resources. It was good that no matter what I did, it was always beyond expectation. It was bad that I felt unfair and no leverage.
One of my close friends recently moved to NYC, working as a senior member of the technical design team at a finance institute. He asked me if I was interested to join his team. Naturally, I said “Yes”. Who in the right mind would say no to almost double the salary and had a senior title. After two phone interviews and spent a whole day onsite with technical leads, managers, AVP, SVP etc etc… I got the offer. I still remember during the last interview with the SVP, he asked for my current band level. I told him that I was a 6. He smiled saying that he was a D before he quit, and congratulated me making the right decision. There was a D in the rank? He seemed too young for that. LOL.
The next Monday morning, I sent in my resignation email to my manager. By the time I arrived in the office, ironically, my manager congratulated me whole heartedly. He knew better and did not make any effort to keep me stay. The director came to me one hour later. He tried a bit harder, asking on what condition I could change my mind. I told him that I simply can’t because I had already made a commitment to another company and I had a friend there that I could not turn down. During my exit interview with the VP, he told me that he quit the company when he was a 6. After six months, he was rehired. He gave me his business card saying: “You may want to come back someday.” At that time, I just did not realize how soon that would be. I agreed to make sure of a smooth transition and travel to a few cities during the last week to lead a roadshow.I could not imagine how busy I actually was during that last two weeks.
At the same time, I was applying SSN, opening a US banking account, requiring a lawyer letter for the TN, getting the TN. All was a mess. After all was done, I still needed to find a place and there was less than one week left. I went on different web sites but could not settle down any place – either too expensive, or too far. Cheap place in Manhattan simply does not exist. I finally thought about a high school friend. That girl once called my father daddy by mistake. She was studying at Columbia. I tried my luck asking for her help. Soon enough, I got a shared student apartment on W112 street, on top of the Central Park, where the Seinfield was shot. Lucky me!更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
It was in the year of 2004. I had been working at the same company for four years. My position had been the same ever since I joint. The business unit had grown in size and revenue year over year. The team had grown. All team members were two or three band levels higher than mine while I was asked to lead. There was no chance for promotion because all money had been spent hiring senior resources. It was good that no matter what I did, it was always beyond expectation. It was bad that I felt unfair and no leverage.
One of my close friends recently moved to NYC, working as a senior member of the technical design team at a finance institute. He asked me if I was interested to join his team. Naturally, I said “Yes”. Who in the right mind would say no to almost double the salary and had a senior title. After two phone interviews and spent a whole day onsite with technical leads, managers, AVP, SVP etc etc… I got the offer. I still remember during the last interview with the SVP, he asked for my current band level. I told him that I was a 6. He smiled saying that he was a D before he quit, and congratulated me making the right decision. There was a D in the rank? He seemed too young for that. LOL.
The next Monday morning, I sent in my resignation email to my manager. By the time I arrived in the office, ironically, my manager congratulated me whole heartedly. He knew better and did not make any effort to keep me stay. The director came to me one hour later. He tried a bit harder, asking on what condition I could change my mind. I told him that I simply can’t because I had already made a commitment to another company and I had a friend there that I could not turn down. During my exit interview with the VP, he told me that he quit the company when he was a 6. After six months, he was rehired. He gave me his business card saying: “You may want to come back someday.” At that time, I just did not realize how soon that would be. I agreed to make sure of a smooth transition and travel to a few cities during the last week to lead a roadshow.I could not imagine how busy I actually was during that last two weeks.
At the same time, I was applying SSN, opening a US banking account, requiring a lawyer letter for the TN, getting the TN. All was a mess. After all was done, I still needed to find a place and there was less than one week left. I went on different web sites but could not settle down any place – either too expensive, or too far. Cheap place in Manhattan simply does not exist. I finally thought about a high school friend. That girl once called my father daddy by mistake. She was studying at Columbia. I tried my luck asking for her help. Soon enough, I got a shared student apartment on W112 street, on top of the Central Park, where the Seinfield was shot. Lucky me!更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net