Friday, December 12, 2003
Out of the blue again, I got an email from the President of the adventure travel firm that originally wanted me at the same time I got my job offer from ATI. He’s sweetened the deal considerably, and after a talk with him in the evening I have to admit the offer he is making is looking more and more generous, matching what I was originally looking for.
Apparently things have not gone as well as he had hoped with the person he had hired when I turned the job down, and despite having gone through another round of interviews, one of the people I had interviewed with still thought that I would be the better fit for the job. Hence the email. The carrot of a future Director-ship was also dangled in front of me.
I ended up having a long talk with Erika and her trumpet-playing/yoga partner Don (who is an exec at Redpaths) about all of this. In the end, they pretty much echoed my thoughts that while the opportunity for rapid advancement is there, the risk is much greater. I also highly value the time I spend with my family, and I strongly suspect this job would end up making me a workaholic by its nature. ATI is very large, and room for advancement is considerable. I also have the feeling that I haven’t yet set out what I intend to accomplish at ATI as yet, and jumping ship at this point feels like the wrong thing to do. There’s also a question of self-integrity, and I am simply not ruthless enough to turn my back on all of the training and support ATI has so far provided.
Am still thinking about it, but at the moment my intention is to politely turn down the offer, and say that if his current hire doesn’t work out, to give me a call.
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