I got a new job!

“This is my second week at my new job. I am loving it so far.

As to what happened to my last job, well, I got laid off. Some manager in Europe decided to consolidate his group, and since I was part of the last group he still had in the US, I had to go. It wasn't all bad, they paid my COBRA for three months and gave me two months' severance pay. So everything was pretty much okay.

I had fun for about three months, but it's good to be working again. I don't currently have Internet access at my new job, so I can only get on TT in the evenings, and early morning. This explains some of my absence from TT, but not all. I have been too busy at home to post very much.

I found out something about myself. I am not one of those people who have to have a job to stay sane. I found out that if it weren't for that damn "money" thing, I wouldn't ever work again. But, I do enjoy my new job a lot, and I look forward to going into work every day.

That's my news. Y'all have a good day.”

“Congrats! But this thread may haunt you in the future.

;)”

“Everything I do haunts me. It's what keeps me up at night.”

“Congrats oh haunted one!”

“Oh, and thanks! Working is great when you want to!”

“I found out that if it weren't for that damn "money" thing, I wouldn't ever work again. - bit

LMAO!!!!!

Glad to hear you are back in action.
I noticed you haven't been around much!”

“Hey bit, good to see you around---we miss your smiling face. Congrats on the new job.”

“Oh, I keep forgetting to add this bit, it's rich:

About two weeks before I started this job, my old boss called me up and told me that there was a position opening up, and I could have it if I was interested. She had talked me up to the guys I'd be working for,
and they were interested in talking to me. Well, I was still sort of waiting, so I agreed to talk to them.

Before I was able to talk to them though, I got the offer from the place I'm working for now. So, I made things just a little interesting.

I sat down and talked with the upper level manager (not my old boss) and asked him what assurances he could give me that the same thing wouldn't happen again in a few months. He said he couldn't give me any, but that the director "wanted" to keep the group here. So I told him he'd have to make me a pretty good offer to come back.

He said, "Oh, I think company policy is that, if you come back, you come back at the salary you were making when you left."

Now, realize that they have already been through their raise cycle for the year.

I told him if they thought they could lay me off, and then hire me back for the same money after the annual raise cycle, they had another thing coming. This pretty much set the tone for the remainder of the interview.

I talked to a couple of the guys I'd be working with, who were completely sympathetic, saying stuff like "We figured you could do this job until you found something else." They were pretty relieved when I told them I had already found another job. I talked to my old boss for a little while, mostly just catching up. Then, we went back to the upper level manager's office for a last chat. He told me he'd check with HR on that policy, but that he knew that I'd be a good, productive employee again, and a valued member of the team. I told him I thought the company had no idea what they were doing, and that I had been laid off arbitrarily by an organization that didn't know what they were doing.

They haven't gotten back with me yet.”

“Hee Hee hee
I love that!”

“Good for you bit. Congrats on the new gig.”

“Good for you bit! Hope the new gig works out for you. That's kinda funny how they played that out - kinda a "Doh!" moment for them maybe.

I know what you mean about the money thing, i'm the same way, I'd imagine that a lot of us here are.”

“I didn't know you were out of the job to begin with. Congrats on landing a new one you like. Tech is a crazy industry these days.”

“Congratulations, Bit!! You landed squarely on your feet it sounds like.”

“I always thought you were just some unemployed loser!


j/k!!!

Congrats, dude!!”

“While it feels good for the momemt, it's never a good idea to burn the bridges behind you.”

“Right on! I generally burn the ones in front of me.

Keep working, Bit. I'm signing up for another retirement in 2 months and need that tax revenue from you fat cats rolling in.”

“Congrats and YEAHHHH!!! Bit!! :D”

“Congrats.”

“Good for you Bit! I bet it felt divine telling the upper managment dude that.
I'm glad you've found someplace new that is comfortable to replace the old. I hope it exceeds your expectations.”

“Congrats Bit. I was wondering where you had been.”

“bit - I'll bet the most exciting part of the new job is getting to switch back from Old Forestor to Makers Mark!!!”

“congrats, senoir pushbits”

“I was wondering what the heck was up with you, too, Bit! Congrats on the new job! I know what you mean about work not being all it's cracked up to be. I think all the time about all the cool stuff I could be doing, if work wasn't ruining my life. LOL!”

“I thought work was it's own reward?









OK, I can't even type that with a straight face.”

“Congrats on the new job.”

“Okay, that's enough. Everyone back to work (cracking whip).”

“Coffee ready yet, Nimble?”

“Very nice, bit. Sounds like you had fun!”

“Congrats Bit....never know what tomorrow will bring. Years ago I got canned by a Company President (who later went on to his own little padded room in a State Facility.)
He terminated me becuase "he was not able to read my endorsement on the paycheck".
I went on to an inspector job (at TWICE THE PAY)...then contract management then Investigations....Never would have thought...

OH YEAH...Three years after they cut me loose, I had the fun of going to one of their construction sites for a Contract Compliance Review.”

“Congratulations. Glad to hear the good news.”

“Isn't it kind of nice to post about Bit when he can't get you back? At least not right away.”

“Ohhh, does he not have TT at his job? I see that now...I was wondering what was taking him so long. LOL! Btw...LAME! Time to get another job where you can TT, bitpusher...
;-D”

“Um, I just have to wait for, um, some paperwork to go through, yah, that's it...”

“If you can't post you have a good chance of becoming the survivor, the only one not banned.”

“"did you see how high they turret went"

when i first watched it, it reminded me of video my dad brought me back in 87 when he was working on the hellfire missle in hsv...but the javelin is shoulder fired...how kewl!!!!”

“Even kewler, the charge that causes all that damage is about the size of your two fists put together.”

“Too much destruction....it is more fun to watch the turret fly off and the legs of the gunner are still hanging out....LOL”

“You work on those bit? Post a video of the first tests after you started there. I wanna see the looks on their faces when the missle hits and a little flag pops out of the end that says, "BANG!" on it. LOL!”

“hey, my dad got to work on something like that. Can say no more. hush hush That was a while ago though. He got to drive a soviet tank at one of the test sites. =(8-0”

“two fist ehh?...i'm throwing a party next week....think i can get about 3 of em? ya know...kinda like a late fourth of july...i've got an old pinto i wanna do a number on...lmao jk”

“Ha, I can't even get my hands on an inert round to bring home for my son.

Nige, the system is "fielded" as they say in the biz. I work on testing the new equipment to make sure it works the way the prime contractor says it will.

I did a little poking around on Google image search, and that's a T-72 being obliterated.

It sucks to be a tanker in the 21st century.”

“I start my new job tomorrow with Yellow Freight. Three days on, and three days off...that should help get me out in the woods for longer trips”

“Kewl.”

“Interesting schedule...congrats and good luck!!”

“Just sent in another round of resumes for teaching jobs in the town where I'll be moving next month. It sure would be nice to have a job prior to the move...

Keep yer fingers crossed for me!”

“But then I couldn't get any work done. Hard to type with crossed fingers all day long...”

“Boy I love my new job. The biggest drawback is no Internet access. I don't even have an email address at work yet. But that's probably best; I have to spend all my time actually working.

I'm finally writing the code that will replace the tests we currently run on the Javelin CLU. In a couple weeks I'll be done with the first shot at it, and I can begin improving it. My bosses will be so frickin' amazed with me that they will arrange for me to get constant hummers from that cute chick with the pouty lips a few cubes down.


I am so great.”

“you mean the one that monitor's all U.S. internet communications mentioning munitions? busted!”

“Your ignorance of grammar is matched only by your ignorance of weapons systems.”