When my boss called me into his office, I never expected it was to offer me a new position and a change of scenery.
He told me he had an opening in one of their new facilities and he needed a manager to run the entire area.
I couldn’t believe the benefits package he had planned for me, and that was just the beginning. He said he would provide housing for the first six months until I could find someplace of my own, and he paid for the move. Add in the new pay raise, and I felt like I was walking on air. On the day I was to leave, he handed me the address and all the information for the new home. He then introduced me to one of the employees who was going to be working with me. He paid for her to fly up and fly back with me. I was not prepared for the change in climate when I got off the plane. It was snowing when I got onto the plane, but it was nearly eighty degrees when I got off. I asked the woman if there was air conditioning in the apartment they got me. She said that every home in this area had air conditioning. When she chuckled, I frowned. I had never lived in the south, and I couldn’t imagine never seeing snow again, but this was what I had chosen. I could only hope the air conditioning in the apartment was as good as the furnace in my old apartment. Surprisingly, I had a three-bedroom home to go home to, and the air conditioning was better than I could imagine.