Well it's been sometime since I have written anything here. This is typical of all the journals I have kept in my life. When things are slow I write in my journal. When things are interesting I am too busy to write. It seems somewhat counterproductive to only write in your journal when there is nothing to write about. So I will now endeavor to do better at making time to document my fascinating life as it is happening. However Truth in Advertising compels me to mention that I have made this claim many, many times. We will see.
Here is the current issue under discussion. I have worked for the same small environmental testing company for nearly eight years now. There are four owners of the company but recently one has decided to move on to something less stressful. So his one-quarter ownership is available. Everyone seems to agree that I will end up with that 25 % but then it gets tricky. I can make my own deal in which case I will have take a substantial bank loan to do so. I can let the company buy the share back and they can parcel it out to me in exchange of bonuses and raises and the like. Then its all on their schedule and at their price but, involves no cash outlay on my part. One of these plans was suggested to me by one owner (the president) the other by another owner (the vice president).
Plus I am nervous. I love working here and have no intention of leaving. It has been a perfect fit; however becoming an owner is a different level of commitment. Its a small company and I have pretty much been promoted as high as I can go without becoming an owner. For at least a couple of years now I am more or less treated as an owner. We have four project managers; me and the three other owners. They include me in all the meetings that used to be only for owners. I dont know, I would be a fool to pass up an opportunity like this. Not to sound egotistical but I am very good at what I do and I love the people I work with here. I love the job and coming to have a reputation in the environmental community (its a surprisingly small group). Shit I dont know what bitching about. Once I buy in Ill be getting an extra 30 K a year to do the same thing I love doing now. Plus, you want to talk job security, baby this is it.
Anyhow if this sounds like a ramble it is.
Here is the current issue under discussion. I have worked for the same small environmental testing company for nearly eight years now. There are four owners of the company but recently one has decided to move on to something less stressful. So his one-quarter ownership is available. Everyone seems to agree that I will end up with that 25 % but then it gets tricky. I can make my own deal in which case I will have take a substantial bank loan to do so. I can let the company buy the share back and they can parcel it out to me in exchange of bonuses and raises and the like. Then its all on their schedule and at their price but, involves no cash outlay on my part. One of these plans was suggested to me by one owner (the president) the other by another owner (the vice president).
Plus I am nervous. I love working here and have no intention of leaving. It has been a perfect fit; however becoming an owner is a different level of commitment. Its a small company and I have pretty much been promoted as high as I can go without becoming an owner. For at least a couple of years now I am more or less treated as an owner. We have four project managers; me and the three other owners. They include me in all the meetings that used to be only for owners. I dont know, I would be a fool to pass up an opportunity like this. Not to sound egotistical but I am very good at what I do and I love the people I work with here. I love the job and coming to have a reputation in the environmental community (its a surprisingly small group). Shit I dont know what bitching about. Once I buy in Ill be getting an extra 30 K a year to do the same thing I love doing now. Plus, you want to talk job security, baby this is it.
Anyhow if this sounds like a ramble it is.