So Monday I was officially offered a promotion that I had applied for at work. It was only a temporary thing (at least for the time being), subbing for someone on maternity leave, but it would be a good chance to try my hand at some more responsibility at work, challenge myself a little. The slight pay bump (very slight really) would be nice but the most important thing in some sense is I'd be working normal weekday schedule for the first time.
Sounds like a good thing, no? Well, today I found out that they decided not to fill the position and so I'm staying in my present position/shift. Definitely have the carpet pulled out from under me feeling. I mean, I was set to start the new position on Monday and suddenly no. It had gotten close enough that I had had to tell some teammates at work that I was leaving the team/shift and now I had to immediately kind of embarrass myself by saying that isn't happening. It just isn't a proper way to treat an employee (especially one with an exemplary record who by qualification is drastically underpaid and underutilized).
This may be the bump I need to finally get serious about applying for positions outside the company, back home in Colorado. I hate the job market so it takes something to do this but in theory I should be able to get a position that is both more interesting and pays vastly better, the downside, naturally, will be a bit more stress but I just don't feel like I can pursue life goals where I am right now.