Friday, January 23, 2009
Got a Job!!
This morning I talked with my old project manager at the IRS. It has taken a month of paperwork and me wondering if it was worth it to go back but I have finally received an offer. So, given this economy and the turmoil it is in I figure I am going to step out of the whirlwind and duck into something safe and permanent. I will be working a permanent position at Lockheed Martin. I will be doing what I was before at the IRS, just now I have health insurance and benefits and dare I say it, vacation days. Although I did have to take a cut in pay to come back because contractor money is hard to match.
It has been since 2003 since I was permanent. It is going to be weird not having to think about the next contract renewal and future jobs. It is also going to be weird having to abide by employee rules like getting in by 9AM. Now I just have to think about future promotions.
Really I have been back there twice already with six month jobs in between. Third time is the charm. I may end up working for 20 years there. I know exactly what I am getting myself into - good hours, good people, mediocre work, mediocre responsibilities and a bad work environment.
You know there are four character traits that got me this job: faith, trust, patience and genius. Faith and trust that God will always give me what I need. Patience in that I had to wait over a month to hear an offer without jumping full fledged into the job market(quite frankly I am tired of interviews, I have probably done 200 of them in my lifetime). And genius in showing people what they have not seen. I did that at the IRS and dazzled them and that gave me a good name with all of the employees. I am well respected there.
I have dazzled here at the Boy Scouts too, so I think they want me to work part time at nights, provided they can come up with the money. My dazzling here is going to end up being seen worldwide by a million people. The site http://community.scouting.org is going to be released to world slowly and only scouts can become members but it is a full fledged social network, which is what RideSearch is also going to become.
Everything has been working for a much grander plan than I can even realize. When I think back to the question my stepdad asked people - did you ever serve your country? I can now say, I served at the Boy Scouts, I served the nation a way to find a carpool and now I serve the nation in permanent role. And that is awesome.
It has been since 2003 since I was permanent. It is going to be weird not having to think about the next contract renewal and future jobs. It is also going to be weird having to abide by employee rules like getting in by 9AM. Now I just have to think about future promotions.
Really I have been back there twice already with six month jobs in between. Third time is the charm. I may end up working for 20 years there. I know exactly what I am getting myself into - good hours, good people, mediocre work, mediocre responsibilities and a bad work environment.
You know there are four character traits that got me this job: faith, trust, patience and genius. Faith and trust that God will always give me what I need. Patience in that I had to wait over a month to hear an offer without jumping full fledged into the job market(quite frankly I am tired of interviews, I have probably done 200 of them in my lifetime). And genius in showing people what they have not seen. I did that at the IRS and dazzled them and that gave me a good name with all of the employees. I am well respected there.
I have dazzled here at the Boy Scouts too, so I think they want me to work part time at nights, provided they can come up with the money. My dazzling here is going to end up being seen worldwide by a million people. The site http://community.scouting.org is going to be released to world slowly and only scouts can become members but it is a full fledged social network, which is what RideSearch is also going to become.
Everything has been working for a much grander plan than I can even realize. When I think back to the question my stepdad asked people - did you ever serve your country? I can now say, I served at the Boy Scouts, I served the nation a way to find a carpool and now I serve the nation in permanent role. And that is awesome.
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