bicmudpuppy
02-22-2007, 06:14 AM
http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=130245
Ok, it was a year ago I talked about making changes and not being self-employed. It was an up and down year. That great job last spring........wasn't. We broke rule #1 before May (Bryan gets paid). I made a second switch and things have been really good since, BUT
drum roll and soap opera time........
Right after Thanksgiving, I got an e-mail from one of the jobs I didn't get last Feb. A real short.........what's up w/ Bryan these days, would you drop me a line, w/ an 800 number attached. I sat on it for almost a week and made a phone call.
The job I didn't get was an opportunity to get back into Golf Courses. A little 9 hole private club with daily use fees. I walked out of that interview feeling like I had nailed the job. Everything felt good. Interview was w/ a 6 member panel and 3 of them were voting board members, two were green committee, plus the board president. I got a nice letter about a week later saying no thanks.
Now, my phone call is to one of the board members at that interview. He proceeds to first ask me if I might still be interested, second, he tells me the wildest tail I have heard in 30 years of being in and out of the politics that compromise country club golf. Two days after that interview, they had a board meeting. The board consists of 7 voting members plus the president. One of the three from the interview (not the one who contacted me) introduced a motion to hire yours truly. The VP seconded the motion (not at interview). First item of discussion was the Board president stating that if the vote was favorable, he would resign, because he wanted a local lawn care contractor to take the place on a contract basis. The VP then abstains from voting and the susequent votes tie. All three of the members who voted for me resigned within 24 hours, and my contact resigned that night on the spot!
I re-interviewed with new board members and the same greens committee members this last January and have been quietly enjoying a job change since Feb 1.
I can't wait to get the frost out of the ground and fire up my pumping station!!
Hey Jon, atleast I didn't bail out of the community! You moonlighting yet?
Ok, it was a year ago I talked about making changes and not being self-employed. It was an up and down year. That great job last spring........wasn't. We broke rule #1 before May (Bryan gets paid). I made a second switch and things have been really good since, BUT
drum roll and soap opera time........
Right after Thanksgiving, I got an e-mail from one of the jobs I didn't get last Feb. A real short.........what's up w/ Bryan these days, would you drop me a line, w/ an 800 number attached. I sat on it for almost a week and made a phone call.
The job I didn't get was an opportunity to get back into Golf Courses. A little 9 hole private club with daily use fees. I walked out of that interview feeling like I had nailed the job. Everything felt good. Interview was w/ a 6 member panel and 3 of them were voting board members, two were green committee, plus the board president. I got a nice letter about a week later saying no thanks.
Now, my phone call is to one of the board members at that interview. He proceeds to first ask me if I might still be interested, second, he tells me the wildest tail I have heard in 30 years of being in and out of the politics that compromise country club golf. Two days after that interview, they had a board meeting. The board consists of 7 voting members plus the president. One of the three from the interview (not the one who contacted me) introduced a motion to hire yours truly. The VP seconded the motion (not at interview). First item of discussion was the Board president stating that if the vote was favorable, he would resign, because he wanted a local lawn care contractor to take the place on a contract basis. The VP then abstains from voting and the susequent votes tie. All three of the members who voted for me resigned within 24 hours, and my contact resigned that night on the spot!
I re-interviewed with new board members and the same greens committee members this last January and have been quietly enjoying a job change since Feb 1.
I can't wait to get the frost out of the ground and fire up my pumping station!!
Hey Jon, atleast I didn't bail out of the community! You moonlighting yet?