>Well, if she can provide some sort of insight that you can >promote as concrete (get it in writing from her) then that's >just as good. She's a manager so her word should qualify it. >Then just present it as being proactive in the search and >dress it up as a family necessity with a lil one on the way. >He might be aggy you didn't just accept his 'no' but he won't >be confrontational about it unless he feels like he can't >sacrifice the man-power (which is probably your biggest >obstacle here). But getting something in writing that states >there's an opportunity available works for you. You can still >follow my second line of advice (sending it to his manager) if >he says no without good reasoning. You have a track record of >outing your manager so his manager would be more inclined to >believe you.
Yeah this part right here is a good one. My only concern about over-utilizing her is that she might get overruled based on the relationship. Earlier in the post I wrote about a friend who left last year. He left on stress leave and ultimately quit over the same shit that lead me into the lion’s den a few months back. He’s a good friend, he was in my wedding party and all that. Well, she’s his girlfriend and my manager knows it. Hell she was at my house on Sunday. There’s a little history in the mix involving my friend, his girl (the manager at my wife’s office) and another friend of my current manager, who was my boy’s old supervisor. Long story short, I’m concerned that coming in too heavy could do more damage overall if it looks like she’s blatantly pulling strings for her friend. She’s working behind the scenes on some Palpatine shit for now, but anything more substantial will be a back-pocket thing in case things go south.
>Ah ok, yeah that does place you in a pickle. Someone >suggested that you just drop her off and rent a car when >needed. Might be the cheapest way to go.
Ah. I think I posted my update after you posted this. I changed my schedule to an 8 hour/5 day a week shift instead of my previous 9 hour day with every other Friday off to accommodate her schedule. For now I’m just gonna ride that out and try to play the game a little more until the next transfer attempt, probably after my son is born.