Friday, August 17, 2012

No more temping.


The Friday before last I was asked to attend a meeting. The meeting was about me.

The head of the department said, "We're starting our third week with you on Monday and I'm hearing all good things. I'm told you're picking things up real fast and we've decided we want you on our team. We would like to offer you the job. If you except, we can get things started so that you can start as soon as your 4 weeks are up with the temp agency."

We talked wages and came to a wage we could both live with.

Corporate America being what it is; I had to apply online, then they had to offer me the job, then I had to submit an acceptance letter and sign a million papers. Then came the background check and I will have to do a drug test on Monday. BUT, I HAVE A JOB!

It's a large marketing corporation with branches all over the country. Since it's publicly traded, I had to sign a confidentiality agreement so I won't mention the name of the company. I start with 10 vacation days and 5 sick days on day one. I can enroll in the 401K on Monday when I go for orientation. They match the first 3% at 100% and the next 2% at 50% and they add profit sharing into the 401K at the end of the year.

My medical will start on Oct 1st. I have a choice of PPO, HMO and a couple other options with dental and vision. I will know more on Monday in orientation. I will have life insurance equal to one year salary.

That’s it for now, I’m off to celebrate!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Introducing; Emma Paige, (last name omitted) weighing in at 7lbs 11 ozs. 19 1/2". Born 08-06, at 11:26 Phoenix AZ time.



Monday, August 6, 2012

Contractions are 4 minutes apart.

A new baby on the way.

Rich's daughter is in labor but it seems to be going slow. She is not due till Aug 15 but they decided to induce because she has gestational diabetes. They don't want the baby to get too big. They are estimating her to be just under 8 pounds now.

She went in last night and they gave her drugs to thin the cervix but it didn't work till late today and they started the drug to start contractions. Still no word. I think I'll text to see how far apart she is.

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