New Job!

[Koz]

Many of you know that for the past four years I have run a hotel on Lake Oconee. I was brought to this property to turn it from a dump to a boutique property. But between Covid and the primary owner getting cold feet, that never materialized.

 

My job is to maximize the profits for the owners, and a few months ago I told them that enough is enough with the stalling. They had only three options. The first was to spend the $2.5M needed to turn it into a boutique hotel. The second was to make it a budget hotel. That meant firing me because I earn to much to run that type of property. I also would never run a budget property. The third was to sell the hotel, which also put me out of a job.

 

They chose door number three, and the hotel is supposed to turn over to the new owners on Thursday. But frankly, for many reasons I think that deal falls through. If it does fall through, the hotel will still be for sale and the owners still won't renovate. With that, I had already begun looking for a new job.

 

Today, I signed a deal for a new job. I will be running two Marriott hotels that are still under construction. The hotels will open in September or October, but I will be on site in two weeks. You can't imagine how much there is to do to get ready to open a new hotel, even if it is still under construction.

 

These hotels will be in Perry, GA on the Ag Center grounds. Since the hotels don't open until the fall, my plan is to still live on Lake Sinclair for another 2-4 months and then move to the Perry area. I hate that the job on Oconee was never completed, but I'm thrilled to be back with Marriott and opening two new hotels.

[GreenPig]

  Nice. Congratulations on the new job. When you move to Perry, you'll be very close to Flat Creek, Ocmulgee PFA, and Dodge PFA a few more minutes down the road. I'm sure you'll connect with a few big girls.

[Glenn]

[MN Fisher]

Great news, Koz. I know the current job has been a headache for you. Here's to better things to come.

[A-Jay]

Congrats on the employment shift.

Can't imagine for 1 minute that you'll be Less busy than you were before.

Perhaps consider moving NOW, and getting settled in, while it's not yet turned into what it's going to be.

Good Luck

A-Jay

[Mike L]

Good for you!!

 

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. 
Congratulations, I wish you the best. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Koz]

7 hours ago, GreenPig said:

  Nice. Congratulations on the new job. When you move to Perry, you'll be very close to Flat Creek, Ocmulgee PFA, and Dodge PFA a few more minutes down the road. I'm sure you'll connect with a few big girls.

I saw that. I like Ocmulgee and caught a 21.75” LMB there last year. On the map I also saw Lake Joy and Houston Lake both have boat ramps.

 

It’s not as great as having a lake in my backyard like I have now, but at least there are nearby options.

[T-Billy]

Congrats on the new gig!!! 

[Koz]

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Congrats on the employment shift.

Can't imagine for 1 minute that you'll be Less busy than you were before.

Perhaps consider moving NOW, and getting settled in, while it's not yet turned into what it's going to be.

Good Luck

A-Jay

Part of not moving right now is that the fishing is about to get really good on the lake I live on. And I don’t mean jump in my kayak and make a run. I mean skip a bait under my dog or drag one along the seawall while letting my dog out.

 

Second, I really want to scout the area and find the right house and neighborhood. I’m going to find a place within 40 minutes of the hotel, so there are a lot of places to look at.

Oh - and did I mention that my new hotels will also have a Beer Garden?

[GaryH]

Congratulations on your new job and best of luck with your new endeavor. 

[Mobasser]

Congratulations on the new job Koz. Hope everything works out well.

[TOXIC]

Congrats on the new position! My wife was in the hospitality industry for quite a few years before and after we met.  She was the Director of Sales for the Westin Crown Center and actually got offered the Director of Tourism position in Kansas City 2 weeks after I was notified I was transferred to Boston.  Lot of soul searching between the 2 of us on which one would be job hunting, me or her.  Ended up being her. Couldn’t beat my benefit package with my position.  

[casts_by_fly]

congrats!

[volzfan59]

Congratulations Koz!

[Junger]

Congrats, seems like you really have a knack for attention to details, no doubt you'll be successful launching those hotels. Your posts/blogs about the boutique hotel were very interesting, it's too bad the owners never really invested in your ideas so you could see them to fruition.

[Skunkmaster-k]

That’s great Koz! Congratulations. 

[Fishingmickey]

Sounds like a good move! We will fish together one of these kayak tourneys!

FM

[DitchPanda]

Congrats man, that's exciting. I actually got offered a new position at work and am thinking it over as we speak.

[Koz]

58 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

Sounds like a good move! We will fish together one of these kayak tourneys!

FM

I’m going to hold you to that. 

 

The only big tournaments I may fish later this year are Bassmaster at Dale Hollow (June?) and the Native Big Bass Power Hour event in FL in the winter.

 

But I do hope to fish 4 or 5 GA Bass Nation kayak events this year.

[TnRiver46]

Congrats!! Rumor has it that its hard to get a bite during the day on dale hollow during summer 

[Dwight Hottle]

Congrats on the new position. You should be a lot more at peace & can enjoy life's journey compared to the old job which sounded like a whole lot of frustration. 

[Fishlegs]

Congrats, and good luck with the new position!

[N Florida Mike]

Congratulations Koz !

I will miss the stories about the old hotel and it’s issues…

[Bankbeater]

Congratulations on the new job!

[VolFan]

Looks like you’ll be near the Go Fish Education Center…I don’t know what that is but it can’t be bad!