Does anyone have any dust to spare?

[luckystar112]

I think this is the first time I''ve asked for dust....

DH had a job interview last night with a huge company that will open big doors for us. I am hoping, PRAYING that he gets it.

A little bit of background for anyone who cares:
DH runs an auto shop where he makes great money. The downside, however, is that he works 13 hour days, six days a week and I never see him. It''s a dead-end job with no light at the end of the tunnel. He works directly underneath the owner and has the same exact responsibilities without any of the rewards. Doing what he does now, if we ever wanted to move someplace else there is little to no chance that he would make the same amount of money doing the same exact job. Additionally, he is sick of the industry.....wants out. But DH did not go to a 4-year college, just a two year trade school for automotive technology. He can''t do anything with his degree but be a mechanic or run a shop. Well, he can, but it''s hard. Jobs like the one he interviewed for are few and far between!

The good news is that DH said the interview went well. The guy met him after work at a restaurant. DH noticed that the guy brought his family along (seated in a different part of the restaurant), probably because it was late in the evening, and figured that the interview would only last about 20 minutes because of that. Well, they sat and talked for an hour and a half! We hope this is a good sign.

The second good sign is that the interviewer has a background very similiar to DHs....trade school, mechanic for a little while, ran a shop, wanted out, and got this job.

We aren''t sure about the pay yet, but if it''s less than what he''s making now I''d be more than willing to work THREE jobs to make up the difference.....only because this job will allow him to have a 40 hour work week, full benefits, and he''d be able to transfer anywhere he wants in the country (all he would have to do is make a request). The latter is especially important to me because I really want to get out of TX next year when I graduate (I''d be willing to wait a longer if he got the job and needed time to show them that he was valuable).

This job would be a dream come true for him, for us, and I almost cry when I think about him not getting it! I am almost hesitant to even post this in case I jinx it in any way. There are four other applicants, and right now we''re just waiting to find out if he gets called back to meet with the higher-uppers.

I would love some dust. I''m trying not to get my hopes up but it''s hard!

 

[neatfreak]

Tons of dust for your DH Lucky!!!!!!

 

[lliang_chi]

Dust for your hubby. THis PS dust is some potent stuff...

 

[tlh]

***dust***

 

[whitby_2773]

luckystar -

prayers going your way....

let us know how it all pans out - fingers crossed in the meantime...

 

[tigian]

Lots of dust going your way. I can totally understand the situation because my DH is now half way through completing his 4 year college education. He is about 10 years older than most his classmates. Luckily, I was able to complete my formal education and have a well paying job so that he has the opportunity to go back to school It is very frustrating to have limited options due to education level and it sounds like your husband is very, very capable and intelligent. Please let us know how it goes.

 

[Tuckins1]

*DUST*

Here''s hoping he gets it!!

 

[strmrdr]

incoming!!! dust run starting.

 

[D&T]

Date: 4/30/2009 1:16:22 PM
Author: tigian
Lots of dust going your way. I can totally understand the situation because my DH is now half way through completing his 4 year college education. He is about 10 years older than most his classmates. Luckily, I was able to complete my formal education and have a well paying job so that he has the opportunity to go back to school It is very frustrating to have limited options due to education level and it sounds like your husband is very, very capable and intelligent. Please let us know how it goes.

same boat----

LOTS OF DUST!!! keep us posted!

 

[Dancing Fire]

LS112
lots of good luck dust for your hubby.

 

[zoebartlett]

Best of luck to your husband, Lucky! What would his new job be?

 

[luckystar112]

Thank you everyone for the dust. Haven''t heard anything yet but it''s still early (obviously). I''ve been thinking about it ALL day. When he called me last night (on his way back from the interview) he sounded so confident (he even said it was a shoo-in). But now he''s had time to digest it and he''s picking apart everything he did worng. It would just be so nice for him to not work so much. He only has Sunday''s off as of right now, and if we ever plant flowers outside or do anything to the house it''s a whole WEEK before he even gets to see our work in daylight again. That''s because he leaves when it''s dark and comes home when it''s dark...every day. Sigh.

Zoe, the job would be sort of like a fleet manager. A fleet manager is the person in charge of maintaining all of a business''s vehicles. The company he interviewed for is like a huge fleet management business. They have tons of contracts with businesses, from cab companies to school busses and shuttles, and the locations of the business are all over the United States and UK. DH would be in charge of one of just one of the contracts, and he would have several mechanics working underneath him (who do all of the dirty work).

The last time DH found a job like this was 6 months ago and he didn''t get it. It was a huge bummer at the time. Jobs like these don''t come around too often. He said if he doesn''t get a call by Monday he''ll call them. I hope he gets called before then!

 

[OUpearlgirl]

Dust, dust, dust!!!

 

[princesss]

Of course we''ve got dust for you and DH, Lucky. TONS of it, in fact.


DUST DUST DUST DUST

 

[AmberGretchen]

TONS and TONS of dust for your DH luckystar - I really really hope it works out for him!!!

 

[Skippy123]

Lucky sending you lots and lots of dust and fingers and toes crossed here

 

[JSM]

Lots of dust your way! It seem to have worked for me, so good luck!!

 

[kama_s]

Good luck to you and your hubby! I have my fingers crossed you you!

 

[loriken214]

Prayers and dust coming your way!

Lori

 

[Kaleigh]

Sending tons of ******DUST******* This stuff really works!!!!

 

[mimzy]

what an exciting prospect lucky! i know you''ve wanted to get out of texas for a long time - i really hope that this becomes your opportunity to be able to! best of luck to your DH!!

 

[bee*]

Sending tons and tons of dust! I hope that he gets it!

 

[Deelight]

Tons of dust I hope he gets it

 

[Maisie]

 

[zoebartlett]

Thanks for explaining the job, Lucky! I hope it works out for your husband.

 

[Ellen]

Here''s hoping lucky!!

 

[luckystar112]

Thank you for the dust everyone. No news yet.

I think I''m starting to obsess over this a little too much.

The interview was on Wednesday night at 7:30pm and DH didn''t get home till about 9pm (they met right down the street). When they didn''t call yesterday I told myself that it was just too soon, and now today I''m telling myself that they probably didn''t call because it''s Friday and they are preparing for the weekend. Once Monday gets here I''ll probably tell myself that it''s the beginning of the work week and they just don''t have time to call yet. Sigh.

DH told me that at the end of the interview he asked what the next step was, and the interviewer told him that he would get called back to talk to his boss. Apparently his exact words were, "Hopefully by this time tomorrow I will have met with the General Manager to give him my recommendations (there were four applicants) and then he will call people in for the next step in the interview process." So we took that to assume that the interviewer has already met with the other three applicants and DH would get a call back pretty soon if he was chosen. Of course there could be a million reasons why he hasn''t gotten the call yet. It hasn''t even been 48 hours for goodness sake, but I''m going CRAZY!!! And now we probably have to wait the whole weekend before we hear anything. DH said he would try and follow up with them on Monday but I don''t know if that will convey that he is enthusiastic or desperate.

And of course I keep replaying over and over again in my mind everything DH told me about the interview and wondering if it turned him off. For example, when DH is nervous he has a habit of not making eye contact, and it could be percieved that he lacks confidence and assertiveness. DH told me that he could tell he was doing that and stopped right away. But he also told me that he felt like he may have said too much about why he wants to leave his current job (works too many hours) and who knows how they would take that.

I''m obviously thinking about this too much, but have no one to vent too. Perhaps I need to create a blog. lol. I need to be focusing on the positives. DH left that interview feeling like a superstar and it''s the waiting that is making him (and me) second guess his answers and everything he said. I''m being too negative, I know. I just want him to get the job so bad!

I guess I''ll follow-up when (if) I hear anything.

 

[luckystar112]

Here''s a quick update and a question:

We''re starting to get really discouraged! It''s been 8 days since the interview and I honestly have no idea what the freaking hold up is.

Here''s where it gets weird:
At the end of the interview last week the guy told DH that he was going to give his recommendations to the GM the next day (which was last Thursday) and that he''ll give DH a call to let him know.
So we didn''t hear anything last week, and DH called him on Monday. The guy told DH that he ruled out one of the candidates (which wasn''t DH), and that he was going to talk his GM that day or the next day (which would have been Tuesday). So now it''s Thursday and we still haven''t heard anything. I know it''s not that long in the big scheme of things, but I think what is throwing us off is that they seemed so desperate for someone to start and yet they are kind of dragging their feet letting us know one way or the other.

DH wants to call again. I told him absolutely not! He''ll just look pushy and it might turn them off. My thought is that they are just busy and the guy hasn''t had a chance to talk to his boss yet. Things come up....bosses go missing.

When do you think would be an appropriate time to follow-up again, if at all?
I told DH to just shoot him an email on Monday (which will be a week and a half from the original interview and a week from the follow-up on the phone). Is it even worth it at this point? Should we just try to be more patient?

DH said that the guy was really nice on the phone and even told him that he had a lot of the characteristics they are looking for in the job. But WHO KNOWS if DH will get a courtesy call if he didn''t get the job...that''s the annoying part. We just want to know either way.

 

[Italiahaircolor]

Honestly? He''s called once, shown interest and also got a perfectly reasonable explaination for the delay...and now he needs to just relax.

If it''s going to the GM...the GM is probably going to consider the candidates and move forward from there with his own interviews of the ones he''s interested in, so in all probability the original interviewer is probably out of the loop now.

I''d say that he needs to wait to hear now...however long that takes.

 

[luckystar112]

I agree with you. I think he should just let it go and wait for a call at this point.
DH got a follow-up once already, the guy knows that DH is waiting to hear, and we should leave it at that.

I guess I can see the frustration though when someone doesn''t call you back by a certain time when they say they will. He actually didn''t give a reason when DH followed up with him the first time. We just gathered by his response that he still hadn''t talked to his GM.

Oh well. The ball is in his court now and we just have to wait. I do hope that he calls us back and lets us know either way though. Or else we''re going to spend the next several days wondering if he''s even talked to the GM yet. It''s frustrating.