December 20, 2007

So0 many things to say...hmmmmmm

Countdown to Christmas is at 4 days and some hours...Will be in the mass of last minute shoppers on the weekend, I will be looking food to serve on Christmas Eve and Christmas...

Got a letter in the mail from an interview I had - Thanks for applying now go away type of letter...

OK, buckle up, here we go...

My day at work was puncuated by meetings, attending a retirement party for one of my co-workers, and meeting with Executive Director Special Advisor, aka the guy that does all the stuff the CEO wants done and has nobody else to give it to...he and I discussed my future, how badly I was needed there, etc. I am on a 2 year contract that started July 2006 and expires June 2008...next June. I told them that unless I was provided full time permanent employment, I would hahve to start looking for another job. Well, first of November I started looking. I sent out 4 or 5 applications, and got 2 interviews, one of which resulted in a second interview. This started people being concerned, because should i get a job elsewhere, then the project I manage is open to being run by someone else, who would have to get caught up. The problem is who would want to tackle that responsibility for 6 months.. I mean I used the position as leverage to get a full time promotion, and that plan is failing, since the best they told me today was hang in there, you won't be unemployed...taking a job now is better than waiting for a promotion later, right?? (DUH )

So I trudged back to my office, and was mulling over the options, when the phone rang...the second interview had gotten me a job!!!! It was down to two people, and they picked me!!!

So o o , i had to go back to the Special Advisor,and let him know i appreciated his efforts, but I had accepted a full time position at another agency...I have to honor an obligation I made at my current work to fill in during the Christmas to New Year period for my boss, and then I need a week to bring up to speed other people that are taking over my projects, so it will be January when i start the new job.

I will be a project administrator, coordinating the work of others on projects, which i have never done before (at least on this scale)..but then there is the money angle, so i allayed my fear of the unknown...

It really come down to this for me, money. If i start this job now, and work for 3 or 4 years, all that is used to calculate my pension, since they use an average of your top wages. Waiting means it will take longer to hit the top salary, and i can retire after a year at the top salary for my classification.