Found a job, still in search

The title says it all. The last time this I posted this was during the summer of 2007, right after I took a job form and quit Career Builder. Clearly it was a telemarketing scheme, and I got fooled. I spent some more time looking and finally found a job with BB&T. Yeah, a bank. I had no experience applying and even interviewing for it, but to be honest I saw that my friend was interviewing and I knew that if he could get an interview, I definitely could.

I interviewed in late October 2007 and dominated it. I came armed by asking as many questions as possible and knew as I was driving back that I probably had the offer. A couple weeks later I got an offer. A decent offer. One catch. Well, two. BB&T has this Leadership Development Program where they have you come live in Winston Salem NC and go through this commercial track to learn all about banking. BEcause they pay for all this training (and pay me a salary at the same time) they put a contract on it so that I don't go jumping ship the moment I graduate. The contract you say? 5 years valued at $46,000, which is amortized down each month. It was a big decision, but if anyone had read my prior posts, you would know I couldn't afford to not take it. So I signed the contract and started in January of 2008.

It's been just over 2 years now (almost 2.5 years) and I am completely miserable. I had a pretty crappy experience in the program, because, God forbid, I wanted to focus on work and not drinking. Clearly that was not a good idea, because I got shitted over with my placement, and I find myself stuck in a job that I dislike in a city that I hate. I don't have many friends that I hang out with here because I am gone every weekend, and am waiting to "roll out" like they told me I would. The problem is that everything they fed to me in the program was complete shit, and I am stuck with almost $27,000 of debt if I choose to leave.

Any future posts will focus on any interviews I have coming up and just general thoughts I have had and conversations with friends that have shaped my opinion of BB&T and what I want to do with my life. Do I know what I want to do? Yeah, but the answer won't impress or astound anyone. Suffice it to say that I am sick and tired of the corporate crap and I've found that socializing and kissing ass does way more for you than working hard and getting your work done. More on that later, but I am back in the game so to say! Hopefully I will have a friend contribute to this blog with some of his ideas about life, etc. If not, then it will just be me.