Change of employment
I’d been working a godsend temp job since the very end of September for a little over a month, wishing I was permanent but kind of relieved it wasn’t when I got called in for an interview at a liberal arts university where I’d applied almost two months prior (possibly longer). Despite feeling pretty qualified, I was nervous enough that I didn’t think the interview went very well at all, and then I didn’t hear back from them for over a week past the date they’d hoped would be their decision deadline. I was pretty disappointed because I really thought I’d enjoy the role and it was at a university and I think I need to be in that kind of atmosphere to be happy, and the temp job was far from it, though overall a very good job especially given the state of things to come.
But then on Monday I got a call back, and I got the job! It’s just pending a few things that I don’t expect to be a problem. I should be starting on the 8th, which is my mom’s birthday.
The salary is a bit more than I’m making now, which gives me room to budget, and maybe even open a savings account someday. But most importantly, after 3 months I’ll be back on medical insurance, which I haven’t had since college. This will be my first job with benefits. It feels like a huge step forward for me, and even though it’s still not anthropology or linguistics, it’s still something I enjoy (computer software) in an academic atmosphere, which is as close as I’m going to get right now and there’s still room for me to do my own research on my own time thanks to the library. But it is a new position and I haven’t started yet, so who knows what I’ll really end up doing, but this is a particularly good opportunity for me and I’m pretty excited about the potential.
Plus benefits. :D Mm benefits.
Tags: life, next on "Kristin", pressure, the job