I had a phone interview the other day with a big tech company in the area that was hiring for my line of work. I thought the phone interview went OK, but it appears that it went worse than I had hoped and they decided to pursue other candidates at this time. I really hate that line. I almost want a "thanks, but no thanks" email stated as such and then I can move on with my day. I just got the email within the last hour and a half and I'm still pretty bummed about it. Part of me worries that my other phone interviews didn't go as well as I had hoped, and that possibly I could be looking at staying with my current employer in a job that I hate for a little while longer.

I really don't want to leave a company seven years in but I'm not getting any younger and the longer I stay the more entrenched I will be. I fear that I will be fired anyway once my managers discover how much actual work I do in a day. I need to make more money, I need to have good benefits, and above all else I want to love the work I'm doing. Right now I cannot say that about my job.