8/29/2019 8:08 AM
in reply to
Christopher Thuer
If something with the new position hiring process failed I could easily just stay where I am at. I would not of officially left, and to be honest they would welcome me back with open arms. some knew I would eventually leave at some point.
My current club has been on hard times for the last 3-4 years but last year the president did not pay taxes and left us in a big bind. This last spring I had a discussion with the new President (who values my opinions) about his plan to keep our doors open. We needed more cuts to make it work out and most likely 1-2 years of sticking to the plan. I was blunt honest with him and told him we had too much money going out to the top positions. I love this club dearly since they are the ones who took a chance with me in my first Superintendents position and I have almost 25 years here. I told him, as the longest tenure Manager they should start with myself and I took a voluntary $10,000.00 pay cut. This was my idea, knowing completely well that the club could not afford me at my other salary. I was already looking for a new club anyway. To be honest there is not a lot of golf courses around our area. So finding another at the time was slim hopes and working in another field would of dropped me at least another $10,000.00 below that much (I looked).
I received my contract yesterday and go for my drug test today. I will be visiting my new club afterwords.
I am leaving on really good terms knowing good and well that I have done everything possible to help this place out. I leave with no regrets and look forward to the new chapter in my life.