Congrats!! It takes a great deal of courage and strength to move on, especially after a few years.
I have been working as a cook for roughly 8-9 years now. About 3 years ago I was working for TGI Fridays, and I was terminated, it was ridiculous the reason they gave but none the less i was let go. I was crushed because it meant everything to me. So I went and found a new job in a new kitchen, and it was the worst experience of my life. I was up for a promotion into management, but I chose to leave and go crawling back to Fridays when my promotion was going to be finalized in two weeks. It was a combination of the best and worst decision I could have made. I was happy to be leaving the restaurant because it was sooooo horrible to work in, but at the same time I was extremely sad to walk away from a kitchen manager position, which is what I have been working towards for years.
But now I am happy being back in the kitchen I started out in, even though it is not the same, I am being given the opportunity to transfer to work with my old kitchen manager again. I am thinking about doing it for my personal happiness. Sometimes we need to do what makes up happy. At least, I personally, spend more time at work than I do at home, so being miserable at a place you have to go to every day is so draining.
I wish you all the best in your new employment ventures. Again I would like to tell you how much strength, courage, and confidence it takes to leave a place you are comfortable at and move somewhere to enhance your happiness.
