Officer Barbrady, what the hell are you doing?

[digitaldiscipline]

Amusing yet troubling thought for you all: Me, as community relations and security liaison for my apartment complex.

It could happen, depending on my lunchtime interview with the management folks.

Upside:
- More money
- Bennies [read: health insurance, for the first time in 2 years]
- Rent credit [read: potential for bigger apartment]
- Even shorter commute
- Potential to give a friend-in-need a job [by having them step into my current role]
- I'll get off my ass and be walking around. I might even get to drive a golf cart!

Downside:
- Having to be the designated shithead when residents fuck up [contrary to popular perception, I'd prefer not to be "the bad guy" to random people, I'd rather they just have some of that good old "shock and awe" in my presence]
- I'm not sure how glowing I'll be at community meetings. Salesmanship has never been my forte.
- Potential obligation to stick around NOLA. K & I love the city, but the climate's kicking her butt [well, not today - thank god the heat broke, it's finally comfortable], but that's a subject for greater conversation later [watch aishlynn's journal for more info] I reckon.

So, other than the incredibly-biased poisongirl, who would not only take over and kick ass at my present job, but become a guest at Chez Geek, what are everyone's thoughts?

Comments

[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

more money, bennies, and a bigger living space are definitely good! not to mention jobs-going-to-good-people.

maybe you wouldn't have to have THAT much salesmanship? or would you? could you do the strong, silent, but in charge thing?

i guess the climate/location would be the major drawback....sounds like a cool opportunity, though.

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a really good opportunity :-)

YOu know if you're scary enough and ppl respect you, maybe they don't dare fuck up? *grins*

[etcet.livejournal.com]

My problem is, I'm not particularly scary in person. [shaddup, peanut gallery].

One of the questions was, "How do you handle strong-willed people you're managing?" the context being "there's a stubborn bitch you'll have to supervise, but she's very competent." That's cool - I have less trouble saying to someone, "look this is your job, and this is my job - we work together. it's helpful but not required that you like me, and i'm not going to single you out as far as shit assignments, but i need to know if you're going to be able to do your job the right way when i ask you to."

I'm thinking that the dealing with the residents who are fucking up - being loud, leaving trash around, or, in some cases, less-legal things - will be more challenging. I have no qualms whatsoever about throwing neighborhood kids out of the pool. I'll go right in and drag them out by their ears if I have to - they're not customers, they're trespassing.

I also got the impression that doing full-on freak mode [dyed hair and all] as a means of instilling shock and awe is going to be frowned upon. drat.

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

You can quit any job. If you don't know for sure that you'll only be at the position for X amount of time, that's not a good reason to not chase it. The only negative is that they may not want to provide a reference when you leave, but if you leave the World's Ugliest Secretary gig on good terms, that should be an adequate reference anyway.

And if the reason for quitting is relocation due to a career change for a sig. other, that's an even better excuse to present to a new employer to explain a short stint at a job.

The only downside I'd see is that it will likely make any neighbor you have to crack down on into an enemy, but, in light of the possible relocation, that's not a strong argument either...the problem automatically goes away when you leave.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

The guy conducting the interview saw that coming - he asked how long we planned to stay in town, etc, and came right out and said, "you say you're a geek. what would you do if i spent all this time and money training you, and a good computer job came up?"

so, i, uh. . . improvised. "I can be a geek in my spare time. I already do it on the side anyways."

and the subject of how we came to be here was also touched on, so my willingness to relocate to support K's career for a good opportunity has been established.

[depotmode.livejournal.com]

If you're that scary on a normal basis, why don't you get paid for it? (Okay, I haven't met you in person--yet--but that's the impression I keep getting. ;) )

And benefits are a very good thing. I miss benefits.

If I were you, I'd go for it!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Would you pay some random guy to be menacing? if so, i'll send you an invoice. *G*

[poisongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm a mondo fan of doing whatever makes you happy. Sounds to me that the pros outweigh the cons in this situation. Take the job. You get bennies and you get to be the prick that we all know and love. ;-)
As for me, I'm not that biased. Well, except for the monkey.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Provided I get offered it, there's going to be some serious consideration being done, that's for sure.

Also, check YM - you've been approved for temporary couch-surfing, provided you don't mind the fact that we're up and around at 6-630am.