I am currently employed by a Fortune 500 company as a govt contractor...the company is having a real bad run of bad luck here in the MacDill area. The current contract that I am employed under expires early next year.
So, most of us have been putting out feelers for other jobs. As of now, everybody still has feelers out, and nobody has jumped ship. I recieved a phone call last Friday night from the CEO of a small company, who is the sub with some jobs available. I sent my resume to him on Friday night...Sat, we traded a good many emails working through some of the details. I have not officially been offered a job, I have been "nominated"...the government has to approve my resume for a "senior" level position.
Bottom line here is this: I have an immense amount of guilt for thinking about jumping ship so early. I have only had two "real" jobs my entire life...The Marine Corps and my current position. The company that I am working for now keeps telling us that they will "take care of us", but that is really starting to look like re-location would be required. I cannot really relocate at this time in my life, I have two daughters in college (don't want to pay out of state tution) and one getting ready to start HS, we have 10 yrs invested in this community (the most time in my adult life), and we really do love where we live.
The new job is a promotion into management, but with a much smaller company...the contract is good for 5 yrs...and it's a pay raise.
Soooooooo, why do I feel so slimey?