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My morning has be a little odd today. Not in a bad way just weird.
First, I was at the golf course at 6 (always a good thing) with my two oldest boys for their golf tournament. One got 3rd one got 5th in there age division.
When I was leaving, a friend of mine stopped me to tell me someone was looking for me but thought he had left.
Drop the kids off and get to the office and there is a gentleman in a suit waiting for me. Never seen the guy before, but he knew who I was. Creepy when he asked about a few things back when I was working as a civil engineer.
Turned out he was the son of an owner that I worked on a huge project with about 8 years ago. Right about the time I was really getting irritated with my job.
He came to find me because his father has kept my card since we finished the project and they wanted to offer me a job to come work for them. Completely out of the blue. The last time I spoke with this guys father, I thought I was going to end up going to jail or lose a multi-million dollar account. Basically he asked me to fudge some numbers on a somethings and I wouldn't do it. Dug my feet in and wouldnt let him push all over me. My boss at the time was kinda leaning on the clients side and I was not going to have my name on something that if failed was due to the fact it was constructed off my calcs. I hated how money hungry developers just want to save money and put others at risk.
Anyways, I finished the project the way I designed with all my calcs and legal. That was about 2 months after my last encounter with this guy. I refused to speak with him after that.
After explaining who this guy was that was in my office, he asked if he could make a quick call while we were talking. He handed the phone to me saying that someone from his office would like to speak to me.
It was his father and before I could really say anything which was going to basically nothing but just hang up. He says, I just wanted to let you know that I have more respect for you and the way you handled me a few years back than I have for anyone that has ever worked for me.
That caught me off guard, (They hadn't offered me a job at this point) and I didn't really know what to say. We talked on the phone for about 20 mins as his son sat there just looking at me.(again creepy). As I was just about to get off the phone, He says "I want you to come work for me on my next project. Now give the phone to my son"
I hand over the phone and his son just listens and then hangs up and gets up and says he will be right back.
Comes in with a packet and hands it to me. My father wants you to look this over and he will be back in contact with you next week. Told him I have been out of the engineering world for a while now, and I am not sure how much help I could be right now. Plus I have my own business now and I really love what I do. He says just keep it whether you open it or not is up to you, but I was told to give it to you.
He left just after that.
Called my wife up to tell her what was going on. She said I should open it and see what they want.
Some days I do miss the engineering, calculations, and design that goes into the projects. I loved doing it but my stress level was always high, and I was on medication for high blood pressure. Along with other medical issues that seemed to go away after I left that world. 2 months after leaving I was off the blood pressure meds and I was/am a lot happier.
I dont think I want to go back to feeling like that again but I still have the intrigue of what this project is going to be.
It would be a guaranteed 3 years possibly 4 -5 year long project. Project will not start until October and I don't have to answer him until September. I just dont know right now. Part of me wishes I wouldn't have opened that packet now.
I am not asking what I should do on this thread. Obviously it will be my decision. Just want to get some input from the s101 family.
I am curious to know if you were in the same situation what you would do.
First, I was at the golf course at 6 (always a good thing) with my two oldest boys for their golf tournament. One got 3rd one got 5th in there age division.
When I was leaving, a friend of mine stopped me to tell me someone was looking for me but thought he had left.
Drop the kids off and get to the office and there is a gentleman in a suit waiting for me. Never seen the guy before, but he knew who I was. Creepy when he asked about a few things back when I was working as a civil engineer.
Turned out he was the son of an owner that I worked on a huge project with about 8 years ago. Right about the time I was really getting irritated with my job.
He came to find me because his father has kept my card since we finished the project and they wanted to offer me a job to come work for them. Completely out of the blue. The last time I spoke with this guys father, I thought I was going to end up going to jail or lose a multi-million dollar account. Basically he asked me to fudge some numbers on a somethings and I wouldn't do it. Dug my feet in and wouldnt let him push all over me. My boss at the time was kinda leaning on the clients side and I was not going to have my name on something that if failed was due to the fact it was constructed off my calcs. I hated how money hungry developers just want to save money and put others at risk.
Anyways, I finished the project the way I designed with all my calcs and legal. That was about 2 months after my last encounter with this guy. I refused to speak with him after that.
After explaining who this guy was that was in my office, he asked if he could make a quick call while we were talking. He handed the phone to me saying that someone from his office would like to speak to me.
It was his father and before I could really say anything which was going to basically nothing but just hang up. He says, I just wanted to let you know that I have more respect for you and the way you handled me a few years back than I have for anyone that has ever worked for me.
That caught me off guard, (They hadn't offered me a job at this point) and I didn't really know what to say. We talked on the phone for about 20 mins as his son sat there just looking at me.(again creepy). As I was just about to get off the phone, He says "I want you to come work for me on my next project. Now give the phone to my son"
I hand over the phone and his son just listens and then hangs up and gets up and says he will be right back.
Comes in with a packet and hands it to me. My father wants you to look this over and he will be back in contact with you next week. Told him I have been out of the engineering world for a while now, and I am not sure how much help I could be right now. Plus I have my own business now and I really love what I do. He says just keep it whether you open it or not is up to you, but I was told to give it to you.
He left just after that.
Called my wife up to tell her what was going on. She said I should open it and see what they want.
Some days I do miss the engineering, calculations, and design that goes into the projects. I loved doing it but my stress level was always high, and I was on medication for high blood pressure. Along with other medical issues that seemed to go away after I left that world. 2 months after leaving I was off the blood pressure meds and I was/am a lot happier.
I dont think I want to go back to feeling like that again but I still have the intrigue of what this project is going to be.
It would be a guaranteed 3 years possibly 4 -5 year long project. Project will not start until October and I don't have to answer him until September. I just dont know right now. Part of me wishes I wouldn't have opened that packet now.
I am not asking what I should do on this thread. Obviously it will be my decision. Just want to get some input from the s101 family.
I am curious to know if you were in the same situation what you would do.
