busy season

people seem to be at the happiest time of their lives in anticipation of the holiday season. as for me, i'm just watching from the sideline. earlier, our boss has expressed the need to have some staff on the 29th and probably the 30th in order to satisfy our principal's demand for manpower when sales may come in to closer the gap of our deficit for the year targets. ok. there's no other department to do that "filling-in" than ours. it's our department which processes orders anyway.

earlier today, my immediate superior has called me inside the conference room to hand the "incentive letter" (our GM preferably called the monetary bonus as incentive award rather than the common christmas bonus, in which i also prefer) and at the same time tackle about the company's plans for the coming year. in three words, i can summarize everything he has said about our company's vision: we are growing. surprisingly, he even encouraged me to try out the new job posts which will be opened come the first quarter of 2009. i'm a little hesitant but likewise considering it. i'm giving it a good thought. i have been in the company as a pioneer employee and while base salary increases annually, i can get more opportunities if i consider a shift of career. as i've said, a shift of career can happen even with the same company. i have my colleagues support, i have my immediate superior's support, my wifey's all for it, except that i need to talk to myself again about it and evaluate all aspects of the opportunity. it's not as easy as it may seem, but i also know that this may come only once.