by Beks
My boss called me into his office yesterday morning and asked me to sit down. Of course, in this economy, I figured he was going to lay me off. Instead, he said he nominated me for a position two steps above my own. No one in my department has ever skipped a step so I was a bit surprised.
It took a few seconds to respond since my prepared speech was more along the lines of, “I have enjoyed working here and I hope you will consider me if a position becomes available. I’ll have my desk cleaned out in 5 minutes.”
I think I stuttered out a “Wow… Um… Cool” which is exactly the ‘professional’ appearance you want to portray when someone sticks his neck out for you.
He told me the promotion has to get approved by the CEO so nothing is official yet but he ended the conversation with…
“Just act surprised when they offer you the job ok?”
I can act surprised… but I can’t seem to wipe this silly grin off my face.
Beks is a full-time government employee who enjoys blogging late into the night after her four kids have gone to sleep. She’s been married to Chris, her college sweetheart, for 15 years. In 2017, after 3 long years working the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, they paid off more than $70K and became debt free. When she’s not working or blogging, she’s exploring the great outdoors.
Congratulations and best wishes to you!
Hey, congratulations.
Congratulations! Maybe you can just expect to get laid off 50% of the time now, instead of every day! 🙂
Congratulations! What great news.
Awesome! This shows that if you usually stay your course, the roller coaster will go back up. Hang in there!
woohoo! secret congrats!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you.
Congratulations.
It’s about time that you got some good news – congratulations!
Congratulations! I hope it actually goes through, but even if not, what a boost to know your boss would go to bat for you like that.
Fingers are crossed that the CEO says yes!
Congrats! That’s great news.
Definitely, congratulations to you and your family. In this sagging economy, and promotion should be considered like hitting a lottery jackpot.
Hopefully there will be a bit of time to put on your professional face…but not too much time. congrats.
Murphy apparently has limited range. Congrats!
Wooooo-hooooo! Congrats to you 🙂 That’s wonderful news. I hope it all works out in your favor. Keep us posted 🙂
What a nice Christmas present. If it should not come through, you can wrap up lumps of coal for your boss! But, thinking positively, you’ll not only be able to knock out your debt faster, but you’ll have more folks to boss around yourself!
About time they jumped on the Beks Bandwagon! Congrats!! They’re lucky to have you…
Congrats!
Good Luck! I’m pulling for you!
Wow!!! Congrats Beks! So proud and so happy for you!!!! You deserve it, girl, Ireland is keeping the fingers crossed 🙂
Congrats!
Congratulations! Great blog by the way.
Fantastic news!
Way to go Beks! I’ll pray the promotion goes through quickly! Merry Christmas, huh?
AWESOME SAUCE!
Yeah, lady!
Wow, that’s awesome! Congratulations!