After being out of the workforce for 27 days, not that anyone is counting here, I am now officially back in the workforce. The job that got away from me came back, due to a red tape issue with the client company. The arrangement is that I'm owned by one company and assigned to another. I know the client company very well. Without going into details, I will be in a systems and test engineering role, and gaining experience within the commercial aerospace industry. After this assignment is done, it will either be extended or I'll get some other work if that becomes available, and from what I know of the industry, odds are that it will.
This will not have me on the road as much as my last gig did. I may have to go up to Phoenix a few times, which is OK. I don't mind company travel every now and then. I have been in situations where I have been away from home more than I have been at home, and that can take its toll.
The new company is treating me very well! If I heard them correctly, I will be working on some tasks from their business office. I was delighted to hear that. I mean, I can do the commute every day if I have to (the medical device firm that I worked for is up the road from the client) and if I can set my hours for a 7:00 AM start then the commute isn't that bad. Coming home might be a bear at times, especially if there are wrecks, and I have taken alternate routes more times than I can remember.
It's nice being back in the saddle again. It took some patience on my part to deal with the delay (I had honestly thought that it was going to fall through).
What's also nice is that I am gaining experience on a product line that I haven't worked on before, and that in itself will help my marketability. If I have my way, retirement is still some years off, and as long as engineering is fun I'll stay in the workforce.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Saturday, January 20, 2018
The Situation Report as it is on Saturday, 1/20/18
It is coming up on three weeks on being out of work. During that time an interview has taken place, and a job offer that soon followed, but I am not back to work. I was to have started last Monday, being contracted out to one of the local aerospace firms, but that is now on hold. So I'm out pounding the pavement so to speak, and trying to deal with that situation as best as I can.
I could write a few pages on it. I mean, it was a letdown. It was a great offer with better benefits. And the start date has been "postponed". I haven't heard anything since I got that news, and to be on the safe side the search is continuing.
As for the old job, I was told by the customer that when the new company takes over that contract, that they hope I'll be back. I am open to returning to that position, but I can't wait the six months or however long it's going to take until the work is transitioned over to the incoming company. I have already applied there but there are legal issues that have to be worked out between the winning contractor, and the losing contractor (not my former employer). My best information is that this won't be settled until mid-February at the earliest, and even then that doesn't mean that the task will be funded right away.
That said, I went ahead and applied to that new company. Their reputation is good.
What this is teaching me is that I am not ready for retirement. Yes, a sabbatical every now and then is nice, and there are things I need to do around the house. I'm already doing some of them and catching up on some things. I enjoy my ham radio activities. I enjoy writing and I'm re-reading some science fiction novels from Isaac Asimov. I did one book review several years ago and I should do another while I'm on hiatus from work.
As you might well now if you've been a regular reader of this blog, radio has been a passion of mine for several years. As in over forty years. As since high school. And I've been enjoying ham radio again, even though conditions aren't the greatest.
Conditions haven't exactly been the greatest. The bands don't seem to be as crowded.
That said, I've been having a great deal of fun.
I am overdue for a Pat DiNizio tribute post. It's something I want to do.
In the meantime, here is one of the best songs ever recorded:
Drown in My Own Tears
I could write a few pages on it. I mean, it was a letdown. It was a great offer with better benefits. And the start date has been "postponed". I haven't heard anything since I got that news, and to be on the safe side the search is continuing.
* * * * * * *
As for the old job, I was told by the customer that when the new company takes over that contract, that they hope I'll be back. I am open to returning to that position, but I can't wait the six months or however long it's going to take until the work is transitioned over to the incoming company. I have already applied there but there are legal issues that have to be worked out between the winning contractor, and the losing contractor (not my former employer). My best information is that this won't be settled until mid-February at the earliest, and even then that doesn't mean that the task will be funded right away.
That said, I went ahead and applied to that new company. Their reputation is good.
* * * * * * *
What this is teaching me is that I am not ready for retirement. Yes, a sabbatical every now and then is nice, and there are things I need to do around the house. I'm already doing some of them and catching up on some things. I enjoy my ham radio activities. I enjoy writing and I'm re-reading some science fiction novels from Isaac Asimov. I did one book review several years ago and I should do another while I'm on hiatus from work.
* * * * * * *
As you might well now if you've been a regular reader of this blog, radio has been a passion of mine for several years. As in over forty years. As since high school. And I've been enjoying ham radio again, even though conditions aren't the greatest.
Conditions haven't exactly been the greatest. The bands don't seem to be as crowded.
That said, I've been having a great deal of fun.
* * * * * * *
I am overdue for a Pat DiNizio tribute post. It's something I want to do.
In the meantime, here is one of the best songs ever recorded:
Drown in My Own Tears
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