Promotion

Well, since all of you are always the last to know… I’ll tell you.  

Natalie got the job!!

In case you have no idea what I’m talking about…  Natalie has been a General Manager for Denny’s since September 2004.  This October, she came across a company memo about a position opening up with the corporate support team as a Management Training Consultant.  It’s appeared to be everything she wanted but didn’t think she could get it because she was pregnant.  Of course they can’t discriminate for that reason, but if you have two or more candidates who seem equal and one is pregnant, which one would you pick?  

I bugged her and bugged her to apply anyway.  She did, she came, she saw, she kicked ass!  Her panel interview went very well; that is to say, she blew their socks off.  She had the option to go first and she took it so she could set the bar; and it paid off.  After her interview and five minute presentation (which she gave on how to make the best chocolate chip cookies), she knew it was in the bag.  Bringing a tray of the finished product probably didn’t hurt either.

She got the call last Friday (the interview was the previous Saturday).  We were, of course, dieing of anticipation for that whole excruciating week.  When they called, they said they wanted to call her that day and tell her she got it, but they had to go through the proper channels first.

She starts January 18th.  She will be responsible for coordinating the management training and conducting workshops for Denny’s stores from San Luis Obispo County through Los Angeles County (California), and all of Utah (I know… Utah?)  She gets a big fat raise, a company car, and expense account, and a laptop.  Now I’m going to have to get her a desk and share my office.  But I don’t mind… I am SOOO proud of her.  They will train her up until she takes maternity leave, and she will hopefully commence to consulting when she returns.  She will be traveling a lot, but my schedule is flexible enough, we’ll be able to manage with Baby Colby coming.

Yeah!!