Life is a series of choices. Opportunities are reserved for those well prepared. When opportunity comes, the decision needs to make.
One of the big decisions for me is to join the current company I work for. By then I got lots of stresses from previous job and family issues to deal with. So I was thinking about change to improve the situation. But if I change the job I need to give up a large portion of the stock options from the IPO company which I can profit for sure. However, I was sick and tired of transferring technical knowledge to oversea and don’t like doing business travel on quarterly basis. My decision is pretty simple and straight, work for the top leading edge company with the highest profit margin in the industry and I can apply my previous knowledge I learned. I already gained enough mid level management experience, technical knowledge and expertise that allow me to find the job as long as there is an opening at the company. I am not interest to apply multiple opportunities because I knew which company indeed is good for me in the long term. Good news is my previous boss also works there therefore I get the first hand info and wait for the job opening comes. As submit my resume in when job opening available, I got the confirmation of job offer right after the interview.
As I submit my resignation, the previous company made a counter offer which was higher than I thought and told me the potential of future promotion. I reviewed my situation once more and decided not take the counter offer. I did not ask the new company make “another” counter offer either. I don't want to play any game and also because I knew what’s the priority of my life and I don’t want to bring any workload to home anymore. I want a good balance of my life back.
Now 5 years passed. The previous company I worked for did successfully IPO at April of this year. The current company stock option I got still underwater. And somehow my family issue did not resolve as I expected. But if you ask me do I have any regret? I can frankly tell you I did not. Because I did try my best to recover and get my balance of my life back instead of doing nothing. I knew if I never try any effort to change the situation I will regret more. After all money is not the most important item in our life, but finding the meaning of life is.
To me no decision is right or wrong. Neither good or bad. What really matter is: I have made the best judgment and analyzed all the information to face all the unknowns. No matter how the consequence is. I will face it, take care of it, settle down and then move forward.
Best wishes to all
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