Moving up in a company:

One of the more prolific department managers is finally seen getting training to become a real store manager, hence finally moving up the rugs of the corporation hill.

But, how long does it take? Rumor has it that it took her 6 years to finally land a department manager job, which means at least 5 years of getting paid $15 an hour ($15 is the lowest wage in Aussie). It may sound high, but when you are in your late twenties, $15 an hour isn't exactly a lot.

Maybe that's the problem with huge companies where everyone is given a chance to head up, it's too hard to get noticed, and when you do, there's always someone to knock you down.

I have never expected real life to be any easy, but sometimes, perhaps, isn't there a higher place to start? After working this hard for a degree, I really don't want to start work at $15 an hour and getting crap for it.

Initially, I wanted to really work my way up this job, using this job as a stepladder towards greater things, but after seeing how some people get stuck in this job for 5 years and hitting the glass ceiling, I am seriously reconsidering this job.

Maybe it's time to hunt around again. A career should be like a running river. If you hit a dead end, you really need to find a way to get yourself to continue moving. If you stay stagnant, the world flies past you, and you will forever be stuck in the same spot.

It is so time to hunt around again.

Hehehe.