indecisive

Every time I come close to making a decision, something comes along to change my mind, or at least make me question my decision. *sigh* It's a frustrating existence...

Since this whole job saga started back in the summer, I've been itching to move to Boston. Then, Philly came along with an unofficial offer. And ever since the unofficial job offer became a little more official, I switched gears and started thinking seriously about the possibility of moving to Philly. Right now, they're still in the HR cross-check/preparing a salary and relocation offer stage, but things are moving along at a faster pace than before, which is a nice change. My would-be manager is calling me on a pretty regular basis to find out how I'm doing, and to remind me that he wants me ("in the non-gay sense," he adds) which is also nice and somewhat weird.

However, while he was on vacation a few weeks ago, I was contacted by the folks in Boston. They wanted to fly me out for an interview, and not having heard any news from Philly, I immediately agreed. I fly out next Thursday and stay for the weekend. Because I've been stuck in the Philly groove for so long, I was having trouble with the whole Boston thing. I just thought of it as a free weekend vacation. That is, until I spoke with my friend J. Because he knows all the players involved (and is generally a pretty smart guy), he was able to offer some very good advice, and really made me re-evaluate the whole situation. Which in turn, made me really want to go to Boston instead. That, and the Boston recruiters have been really great, helping me make travel arrangements and offering advice on which neighbourhoods to explore for potential homes, should I decide to move there.

So, I've flip-flopped from Boston, to Philly, and back to Boston.

Then, yesterday I get another call from my would-be manager in Philly. Turns out he had the Art Director over for dinner the night before and they started talking about the centralization of Communications resources back to the head office (located in Philadelphia). Along that vein, she would like me to be in Philly so that I can work with her more closely on special projects and such. She's an amazing creative mind, and a great person, so I would jump at the opportunity to work with her. And the fact that she wants to work with me is an added bonus!

So, now I'm flip-flopping some more.

Thing is, both parties are aware that I'm being 'courted' by the other to some extent since I've been pretty honest with both sides. Plus, since the head office is somewhat aware of the whole goings-on, word spreads quickly. But, at this point, I don't have an offer yet from Boston, so I think my best bet is just to stick it out, fly over there for my interview, and see where the pieces fall. If I end up with two offers and I'm equally enticed to take both, then I'll probably do something lame like toss a coin and let that decide my future.

Heads or Tails?


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