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fullygoldy) wrote2007-11-26 04:19 pm
fullygoldy) wrote2007-11-26 04:19 pm
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Job Hunt
They've finally posted the position for a new Wisconsin PM at Johnson Controls. The regional manager forwarded the approval notice to me last Monday, and asked me to put in my on line application. However, the job wasn't posted on line until Thursday. With Thursday and Friday being company holidays, I didn't expect it to post until today. So first thing (after catching up on email) I did today was fill out the application. At the moment, it's only being posted to internal candidates. The crazy thing is, I'm this half-permanent/half-contract gray area employee. I have access to the internal websites and many proprietary systems that most contract employees never see. The web site says, "you are eligible to apply for this position if you have been in your current position for at least one year, and your supervisor is aware that you are applying for it." Well, both of those things are technically true, LOL.
So sometime very soon, I expect they'll offer me the position, making official what I've been doing for them the past two years. I expect the new position will require many more hours in the car, traveling around the region, but the frequency and duration hopefully will stay similar to what it was over the summer. The benefits are really good. I'm looking forward to ridiculously low insurance premiums to balance out the past two years of ridiculously high premiums. I'm not so crazy about the prospect of working 40+ hours every week, when I've gotten quite used to < 36 hrs/wk. I'll need a reliable car with good mileage to deal with the travel. Fortunately, Ruby will be paid off in April, so that's not a huge hardship - but car insurance will definitely go up with 3 cars to 3 drivers. I'll have paid vacation and 13 paid holidays per year (9 standard and 4 floating). There is a bonus plan. There are matching contributions to retirement funds. There is a Dilbert mentality in many locations. ::sigh:: So, I will return to the joys of corporate slavitude, in return for a quicker payoff of the medical bills and a faster realization of the remodeling and redecorating goals. And vacation! Vacation is good.
So sometime very soon, I expect they'll offer me the position, making official what I've been doing for them the past two years. I expect the new position will require many more hours in the car, traveling around the region, but the frequency and duration hopefully will stay similar to what it was over the summer. The benefits are really good. I'm looking forward to ridiculously low insurance premiums to balance out the past two years of ridiculously high premiums. I'm not so crazy about the prospect of working 40+ hours every week, when I've gotten quite used to < 36 hrs/wk. I'll need a reliable car with good mileage to deal with the travel. Fortunately, Ruby will be paid off in April, so that's not a huge hardship - but car insurance will definitely go up with 3 cars to 3 drivers. I'll have paid vacation and 13 paid holidays per year (9 standard and 4 floating). There is a bonus plan. There are matching contributions to retirement funds. There is a Dilbert mentality in many locations. ::sigh:: So, I will return to the joys of corporate slavitude, in return for a quicker payoff of the medical bills and a faster realization of the remodeling and redecorating goals. And vacation! Vacation is good.