So, I am starting a new job soon. To be fair, I am attempting to start a new job soon. The process involves 12 to 16 months of classroom and on-the-job training, just to be qualified to perform a new job for the same company, in the same place. Confused? Yeah, me too, a little bit.
I am only the second employee of this large, global company that I work for, to go through this warp speed program. Kind of gives me goose bumps, but also makes me fearful. I don't think that I will have any major problems, as far as learning the material and skills required. Just a little nervous about the process. I will be living out of a suitcase for at least the next year. I am already accustomed to this, as a rotating ex-pat must be. However, unlike my current job, where I know when I get to go home, and what I have to do while working in the land of sand, I now do not know precisely what I have to do and when it will take place.
The up-swing to my new job duties, at least when I am finished with the training, is that I will gain a rather substantial pay increase. The downside, is that all of the training that I have been doing recently, not to mention the glorious month on/month off work schedule, will be put on hiatus until I finish my "schoolin'". But, that's okay. I plan to make up for it with a summer in Europe when I am finished. If, I can learn the language.
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