Walking away from a promotion
December 15th, 2006 by boon
I interviewed for a higher position recently in my department. The post is actually quite a big jump, since it involves managing a team.
Only two people were shortlisted for this interview, and the other guy was my colleague whom I work closely with. The news came to the both of us only recently about 2 months ago.
It was a weird experience for me, since I didn’t know whether to perceive it as a challenge or a corporate exercise. In the end, I didn’t do anything. So, I didn’t get anything.
This was mainly because I wasn’t ready to accept this job (I didn’t tell them that). Firstly I was the younger of the two, with less experience, and with less charisma. I also preferred to avoid creating drama, so I would not play up my strengths, and just let things resume their regular course.
I’m actually happy the way things turned out for the team, for my colleague (now my boss), for myself… but I wonder if i should have played my cards differently (or any cards at all).
I trust God, and he has always led me to good things. And I could sense that this was not my time, that He had something else planned for me.
But that’s all I can say, you know? It’s just something between me and God now… and life just goes on.