Ever since I made the decision to bid on this little house, I've been hesitantly positive. Once my bid was accepted and the inspections passed, I grew even moreso. Now, it feel like things are finally falling into place, like life is actually going to start heading in a positive direction...
My new news is that, after weeks of negotiations, I finally got an acceptable offer from my old company on getting re-hired! Here's the background... Just after I was let go, the company reinstated the pay decrease they had made across-the-board the previous year. Had I stayed, and my pay been reinstated, I would have been at "a certain pay". The job they wanted to hire me back for was not only to include all of my previous duties, but also to include responsibility for the entire calibration system for the whole plant (which is a full-time job in itself). The offer they gave me originally? Less than I would have been making if I had stayed! That's without the additional duties...
For the first time in my life, not only did I turn an employer down, but I actually told them I was insulted by their offer! Then I gave them an outrageous counter-offer that I knew they'd never accept, just to make a point. They dragged their feet for a couple weeks, turned me down, and I countered again with the number I actually expected originally. The way I figured it, with the new house situation, I really wouldn't *need* a job, so I had little to lose. It's the only thing that let me stand strong on my pay demand.
Today, more than a week and a half after my last offer, my old boss asked to see me, and made me an offer *at my requested pay*! $3/hr more than I was making! (truthfully, it should be even more, based on the local job market in this state, but this company is notoriously cheap when it comes to HR assets.) Anyway, I got what I wanted, I just have to accept tomorrow, then try to arrange to keep my employment with the contract house I'm with now. I'd like to be able to make a little money on the side if I have spare time, and I know they need good programmers, so I'm hoping I can be a *satellite* employee for them in some way.
So, by April, I'll have no house payment, I'll be making a minimum of $5/hr more than I am now (with the opportunity for overtime pay as well!) and best of all, I'll be in a new place in which I can finally let go of all of the history I have in this shithole. I can finally buy new furniture, I can finally paint, decorate, start to do all the things I've been wanting to do for so many years, and maybe, just maybe, I can finally start to move on, emotionally, and feel like I can open up again.
Gods, I hope so.
oh, i forgot to mention, not only am I getting the pay I wanted, they're reinstating my "seniority" by adjusting my original hire date - I'm getting all the vacation, holidays, sick time, and benefits (including an annual bonus that can be up to 150% of a month's pay) I had when I left!
8:04 p.m. - 2011-02-01
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