Carolyn Hax: Trust ex-employer’s offer of a promotion or husband’s advice against it?
| A letter-writer wonders whether to trust an ex-employer's new offer of a promotion, or husband's advice against it. |
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| | | |  |  | | Advice to help you tackle life's problems. | | | | | |  (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I quit my job about a year ago because of a new manager. I had applied for the opening as our department head, but he was hired because he had an MBA and more of the "right kind" of experience. He struck me as nothing more than a smooth talker, but our VP was taken in. While I was reporting to the new guy it became clear that he expected me to do my job and his, didn't know half the things on his résumé, and couldn't bring in any of the new business he'd promised. So I left. I got a new job. My hours have been reduced, but I work from home and my new company has made that as easy as possible. My old company contacted me recently because they fired that fraud and want to offer me his job. It would be a lot more money than I'm making now, but my husband doesn't think I should take it. He says if they mistreated me before they'll do it again. I miss my old job and co-workers and would love to go back, but my husband has so much more work experience than me. He's probably right about my old company and I should turn them down, but I don't want to. I'm losing sleep over this. How do I make a decision? — Worried | | | Read your responses to this week's reader questionWe asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. | | | Want more?Carolyn's been writing her advice column for two decades. Explore the archives below. | | | | | | | | | |
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