TIME FOR CHANGE

When Covid came to our world, I was the shift leader in the NH Hotel EU Berlaymont learning how to manage the reception team and being trained as assistant manager to replace my boss in the early future.

Now after two years and a half I can see none of that has happened.

But the change was for the better.

When the world stopped at the end of march 2020, the hotel itself stopped as well. Just a few of us were going there twice per week to handle emails, requests and other administrative tasks. In July we reopen but it was just for a short period as Covid stroked back in October and had to closed for the second time. I never though how much I could miss my job and my colleagues.

I spent the time covid gave us to take care of myself, get in shape, read a lot of books, keep contact with family and friends and think about the future.

I was ready to level up in the hotel.

The tourism sector came back to life again in September 2021. We did as well. But not as I expected.

At the time we reopen we did it with a new director and a new front office manager. As soon as we settled back I request a meeting to see where were we going and what was the plan as I started the learning of the manager position and that’s what the previous management had chosen for me and my career.

In the next 5 months my new director will refuse 2 times to promote me and as well he will refuse my application for becoming the new events manager. In our last meeting he was straight to me and told me to look for better options outside the hotel as I will not get them there.

I was deeply disappointed.

I believe I would have done quite a good job in any of the two positions I did ask for.

They didn’t give me one chance.

It was time for a change.

I gave my resignation letter one week later and I left the hotel I spent my last 4.5 years at the beginning of April. I didn’t enjoy the last months over there. Had no motivation and I just wanted to finish. It is not a happy feeling when you are rejected from a place you have been put so much effort and time.

After a month of interviews, offers, stress and some bad nights I finally found a job that fits what I was looking for. I left the tourism sector and the front office department to become the office manager of a multinational company.

Change was hard, disappointing at some point, gave me a bad time but I was sure it was for the best. My new job I got it in the really last interview I had. Today I celebrate two months in my new job and cannot be happier.