Time to break the blogging silence. It’s been a whirlwind ride ever since the beginning of the year and I think I’ve just now gotten a chance to catch my breath. Let me explain.

During my last visit to Las Vegas a friend of mine gave me some information about a potential job opportunity there. That week, I had an impromptu meeting with one of the management staff of the company and the owner’s son (Adam). They seemed to like me well enough and the opportunity seemed like the next step in my career so I decided to go for it.

I had a few interviews over the phone with Adam and even got them to bump up the salary. During this whole time, Adam was insistent on getting me down there as soon as possible because they were going to be breaking ground on a new building in a scant 3 weeks. Adam officially offered me the position on a Wednesday and I told him that I would need some time to think about it. Adam said that he would need an answer on Friday. During the entire day on Thursday, while I was thinking about the offer, they were pestering my friend to see if I was going to take it. I called Adam that Friday and officially accepted the position and started making plans to move.

I have a lot of respect for the company that I currently work for and I didn’t want to blindside my boss with the news of me leaving, so I called him (he wasn’t in town that day — ironically he was in Las Vegas attending CES) that same Friday to let him know of my intentions. He was genuinely happy for me which took quite a load off my shoulders (I thought that he was going to freak out). On Monday, I handed him my letter of resignation making everything official. Then everything fell apart.

On Tuesday morning, my friend called me and said that she had heard some negative rumblings and when she confronted Adam he was acting elusive, as if he were trying to hide something. When she pressed him for information, he made a comment about me taking my time getting down there. It was only two days ago that he wanted me there in 1 week and now I was supposed to take my time.

I didn’t like where this was headed. To make a long story short, I called Adam to find out what was up and he told me that his father was interviewing someone else. It’s incredible that this dude offers me a job, knows about his father also interviewing someone and doesn’t have the balls to call me and let me know. I had to call him on rumors that I had heard! There was no way in hell that I would ever work for a company that didn’t make firm commitments and had so little regard for people. So I asked for my job back and once that was assured, then I called Adam back and told him to shove the job up his ass. Ok, I didn’t really say that because I wanted to remain professional and show him that unlike him, some people do have honor and integrity.

So now that everything is undone (with consequences) I’m continuing with my original plans for 2005.