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[madbaker]

I start work Monday!

I'll be working in the city Treasurer's office. Doing basically what I'm trained to do, which is bond investing. My boss is a former cow-orker, who I get along with well. It's local: I'll be commuting on Muni. Hopefully this job is more stable, although it could always get cut in the next budget downturn...

Obviously as a city employee, the pay is less than I was making before. I have to wear a suit and tie five days a week. Because I was hired after 1/10, I have to pay 2% of my salary into a healthcare fund - and I have to work there for 20 years to get free healthcare after retirement rather than 5 years. The responsibility and scope of what I'll be doing is significantly less than what I was doing before as well. Also, no vacation time for a year.

I'll be commuting on Muni. Also, I'll be a city employee with union-negotiated benefits. For those who knew me twenty years ago... it's a little ironic.
All in all, though, I'm looking forward to getting back to work in general and at this job specifically.

Comments

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! May the job itself make up for the benefits.

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

So, um, is this anything to do with the fat lady dropping dead?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

The fat lady was starting to sing. Everybody else was dropping dead, which usually happens at the end of an opera.

[etaine-pommier.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

still, working is working. congrats. (just can't imagine you in a suit and tie, though)

[misagillian.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

Wow; good luck. Working is working, and that's a good thing.

[mad-duchess.livejournal.com]

Yay, work! I mean, sure, we'd all like to stay home, read, cook, garden, and watch TV all day, but really? that steady paycheck sort of makes up for the inconvenience of going to a job instead.

[loup_noir]

And you don't have hellishly early hours any more? Sounds like an all-win to me. Congratulations!

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Still early hours, but I knew that would happen.

[j-i-m-r.livejournal.com]

The bubbly will go in the fridge as soon as I get home :-)

[rustmon.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[vittoriosa.livejournal.com]

Congrats!! I hope it goes well... (And I know this is going to sound silly especially coming from a girl, but I kind of envy the suit-and-tie thing. I think it would be fun to have a dress-up job. :-)

[thelbk.livejournal.com]

These days any work is good work - and I bet you look smashing in a suit daaaarlin' ;-)

[vitrarius.livejournal.com]

Congrats fellow civil servant! You have many useful talents that will be absorbed by the Collective.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Good for you! I'm glad you'll be able to dread Monday mornings again.

(Ironically, you lost your job when I lost one good friend, and are starting your new one when I've lost another. Keep this job for a long time, OK?)

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your new employment! So glad to hear some good news. I hope the job turns out to be tolerable.

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

Very cool. Glad you're working again! I know how hard that can be ...

[klellingson.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Welcome to the ranks of the civil servant.

WIN!!!!!!!!!!

[aastg.livejournal.com]

...and I never sang one note, or even hummed the teeniest bit.

GoDAMMIT I am so happy for you I could PLOTZ!!!!!!!

AND by the time your Masters is done, the job market may be in better shape.

--Funny, I didn't know just how worried I was about you guys until just now. For the record, it was a lot.

[tshuma]

that's still lovely news. Congratulations!

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Any job obtained in this market is a fine testament to the job seeker's qualifications.

[666-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I'm glad that this worked out for you.

[farmount.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're already saying this, but about frickin' time! I figured as much from your oh-so-subtle LJ hints, but it is nice to get it locked down.

Congrats, and have fun with the new green commute! BTW: podcasts are the best way to avoid any contact with crazies. Or just sing on the Muni; that will make people give you a huge berth.