Success

Well, it finally happened this morning.  I accepted a position at a company this morning.  I start on Wednesday.  So here I sit, shortly to join the ranks of the gainfully employed.

I got the call Thursday afternoon with the offer after interviewing with them on Monday.  I was at the ballfield, waiting for my son’s baseball game to start.  I had gotten some information from them about benefits and such.  The main difference between my last job and this one as far as benefits is that the new company only allows 2 weeks of vacation rather than the 3 I was used to.  With my parents in Mississippi and my in-laws in Kentucky, we generally used all of my vacation.  So with only 2 weeks, I knew it would take some getting used to.

The offer was not as much as I was making at my last job, but at the same time, I will be working with newer technology, much more current.  That has to be one of the best reasons for getting laid off.  Working for a financial institution like MetLife, there is little chance to be anywere near the cutting edge of technology.  That is a good thing for a finance company.  After all, who wants their money being handled by a company that jumps on every new technology that comes around.  All those financial companies are gone with their data after that technology messed everything up one too many times.  So I get to work with newer technology, which is a plus. 

So after the call yesterday, I told them I needed to talk it over with my wife before I said yes, but that I would call them today.  I had every intention of taking the job, after all “employed” is far, far better than “unemployed”.  But I didn’t want to seem so desparate that I said yes right away and I did want to talk with my wife to see if she had any specific questions.  She didn’t, so I made my plans to call them this afternoon (Friday) after I was up and awake.

Then I get a call this morning on my cell phone.  My soon-to-be boss is letting me know that there was an HR policy change that took place this morning.  Seems my new employer is giving new employees 3 weeks of vacation instead of just 2 weeks.  This was really great news for us, and simply confirmed the fact that this was the job God had for me.

So I made the call, and I’ll have Monday and Tuesday to finish my son’s bedroom and closet before starting on Wednesday morning bright and early.  More about this new job as it progresses.

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