This is a weekend full of weddings. I had to take Friday off so that I could go to a wedding, today I spent the day setting up for a wedding and tomorrow I have another wedding to go to. I don’t want to write about weddings.

On Thursday at the end of the day at work, I was called into the store manager’s office by the assistant manager as the store manager went home. Weird, I know. I was offered an odd promotion. Basically it would give me a large amount of responsibility in exchange for less pay. If that was all that mattered then there wouldn’t be a problem. There are a lot of factors and variables to consider.

If I take the position:

Pros

• More responsibility
• Work indoors during winter
• First step of advancing in company
• Increase comfort level of being in leadership
• Salary – Guaranteed wage – Financial security
• Won’t have to do as much physical labour
• Looks good on a resume
• My boss wants to help me advance

Cons

• Plenty of stress
• Stuck in one place all day
• Have to deal more directly with customers
• Forced out of comfort level
• Probable large decrease in paycheck
• Loose commission
• Those under me might not take me seriously
• I fear that I might loose focus on what I really want to do
• Might do a horrible job

If I decline the position:

Pros

• Will receive a promised raise
• Continued relationship with fleets
• Keep working with the service drivers
• On-Call pay and Bonus pay
• Just starting to enjoy it again
• Gain more experience

Cons

• Winter is coming
• Won’t have guaranteed hours
• Company won’t value me as much
• Still have two undesirable fleets
• My body can’t take much more
• Companies number two choice really wants to go on truck and I’d be standing in his way
• My boss would be disappointed
• Fall in a rut

I’m stuck.

I’m torn.

I’ve got 32 1/2 hours to decide.