Choices
Yesterday I went out to lunch with some people from General Mills. The lunch was for all the U of M new Supply Chain hirs (that's 3 people). At the lunch I found out two things. The first exciting thing is that there are still locations open for the LMA position. So this morning I emailed our HR person to find out which locations they were: Milwaukee and Carson, CA. Carson is right outside of LA and was one of my top 3 or 4 choices for plant locations. So now here's my choice: do I ask to be transferred to Carson or do I stay in MN?
I would have never considered moving to a different plant location except for the past couple of weeks I've been in one of those moods where you wish you could go to a brand new place and start over and try something new and exciting. This is a phase that I go through at the beginning and end of each semester, and usually I'll wind up going somewhere: Denmark, Boston, wherever for a short time and satisfy my desire for change. Now, if I want to get out, it'll have to be for 2 years. That's a long time. But still, it's exciting to think about all the possibilities that LA can bring (although I'm actually not that big of a West Coast fan) and I would be oozing out rent money to a very liberal state...but maybe I'll suprise myself and everyone else by going there. Maybe. I've been known to make inportant decisions on a whim, probably not such a good idea but what can you do?
The other cool thing from yesterday's lunch was that it reaffirmed my view that we live in a well-connected, relational world. For example, the girl that I rode to the luncheon with turned out to know alot of the same people that I did and will be my demand planner when I start work this August (if I stay in Chan) and the guy who works at Chan who was also at lunch just got promoted and will be my LOP. So already I know a couple of the people that I will be working with. And if I go to Carson, I'll be back in yogurt and I already know a few of the LOPs from my internship this summer.
And, when I went to Boston over break I started talking to this girl at the airport (I like talking to people at the airport if I'm waiting a long time) and it turns out we had worked together when I was 16! I love all these little intricies and webs that our relationships with people spin. It's proof that we were made to be in relationships with people!
I would have never considered moving to a different plant location except for the past couple of weeks I've been in one of those moods where you wish you could go to a brand new place and start over and try something new and exciting. This is a phase that I go through at the beginning and end of each semester, and usually I'll wind up going somewhere: Denmark, Boston, wherever for a short time and satisfy my desire for change. Now, if I want to get out, it'll have to be for 2 years. That's a long time. But still, it's exciting to think about all the possibilities that LA can bring (although I'm actually not that big of a West Coast fan) and I would be oozing out rent money to a very liberal state...but maybe I'll suprise myself and everyone else by going there. Maybe. I've been known to make inportant decisions on a whim, probably not such a good idea but what can you do?
The other cool thing from yesterday's lunch was that it reaffirmed my view that we live in a well-connected, relational world. For example, the girl that I rode to the luncheon with turned out to know alot of the same people that I did and will be my demand planner when I start work this August (if I stay in Chan) and the guy who works at Chan who was also at lunch just got promoted and will be my LOP. So already I know a couple of the people that I will be working with. And if I go to Carson, I'll be back in yogurt and I already know a few of the LOPs from my internship this summer.
And, when I went to Boston over break I started talking to this girl at the airport (I like talking to people at the airport if I'm waiting a long time) and it turns out we had worked together when I was 16! I love all these little intricies and webs that our relationships with people spin. It's proof that we were made to be in relationships with people!
posted by chen at 8:35 AM
1 Comments:
Chen - I'll support you no matter what you decide to do.
And if you move to Cali - I'm coming to stay for about a week. :)
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