Surely, on more than one occasion, you have considered giving a radical change to your life, particularly your work situation, since the job you do may not make you completely happy for multiple reasons; However, many hold back from doing so for fear that things will not turn out as they wish.
If you find yourself in that dilemma, perhaps the following story will motivate you to take that step that you want to take, but for many reasons, you don’t dare to do it.
A woman named Maggie Perkins had been working as a teacher for 8 years, teaching History and Arts classes, both in public and private schools; However, something did not make her completely happy, since working 60 hours a week, working unpaid overtime, various pressures and all the challenges in the field of teaching that the pandemic unleashed caused her to want to make a professional change. .
It was in 2022 when he began searching for a new job, applying for different positions for large companies, such as Costco and Amazon, receiving offers from both. Finally, she chose to join the supermarket chain, because she felt comfortable with the work culture and the opportunities that the company offered her.
That’s how Maggie began working full time in the membership department of a new Costco that opened in Athens, Georgia, in September of last year, a job for which she earned $18.5 dollars an hour, a little less than what she she received in her job as a teacher.
Then, he worked 4-hour weeks, 5 days a week, earning an increase of $1 per hour after reaching 1,000 hours worked.
But her outlook would change completely, and for the better, after due to a health problem, she was sent to work in the bakery at this Costco. There she had the opportunity to be in contact with marketing people, discovering that she could continue doing the work of her educator but in a completely different environment.
Shortly thereafter, a position in that area opened up at Costco’s corporate office in Issaquah, Washington, for which Perkins applied and ultimately landed.
Now, she is in charge of creating content and providing training for that area at Costco, making internal materials that are distributed to employees on customer service policies and procedures, in addition to going to warehouses to train new members.
This turn in his career not only meant giving a new perspective to his work life, but there was also a significant increase in his income. Currently, this teacher earns the same as a teacher with 15 years of experience in her school district, which translates to a 50% increase in her salary.
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