hell freezes over, again

While it may seem impossible to believe, the extended vacation I was planning to go on next week has been sidelined. I got a job offer Wednesday and they want me right away, so I go to work Monday.

It looks to be a really good job with a really good company with the highest base salary I’ve ever started with on a new job. When the headhunter I was working with made me the offer, he added up the bonuses and the benefits and told me the total package was worth annually about $25K more than I’m making, now. Of course, he didn’t know that the company where I am working doesn’t pay anyone anything, so when I declined the offer and asked for more money, he asked what it was I didn’t like about the job and/or the offer. I told him it was fine, but I just needed more money. The company generously agreed to give it to me.

Years ago I received a job offer for a company and I countered with a request for more money. They agreed and hired me. The entire time I worked for the company, the vice-president to whom I reported told everyone that they hired me because I asked for more money. He said that anyone who was not satisfied with the first offer was the kind of man he wanted working for him. I never asked him what they would have done had I accepted their first offer, without negotiation.

Therefore, when I asked for more money on Wednesday, I didn’t do it for me. The initial offer was fine. I did it for my new employer. I wanted them to know just exactly whom they had brought on board. I wanted them to know they were getting their money’s worth. Now, starting Monday, I get a chance to prove it.

Looking for work is a full time job, as I have said before. Starting today, I have only one full time job, and I have it for one more day. Starting Monday, I’ll have only one full-time job, so maybe I’ll have more time to blog.

At least, that is the plan here in Jimbo’s world.

mid-year update

Many of you are probably wondering where Jimbo has gone.

“Did Jimbo die?” many of you have asked yourself. “And, why wasn’t I invited to the funeral?”

No, Jimbo is alive and well. I’ve just been busy. Looking for work is a full time job and I have an actual full time job besides, although I am scheduled to be terminated two weeks from Friday, so maybe I’ll have more time to be regular, here. However, Jimbo’s girlfriend has some “honey do” projects for me should I reach my termination date without having secured constructive employment.

I bought a new car in May—at Toyota Yaris. It is MP3 compatible, with a docking port for my MP3 player. Someday I may get an MP3 player, but it is not in my immediate plans. It is a nice car and I’m really liking it.

Many of you are probably asking why a man without employment prospects is buying a new car. “Are you buying a boat and a vacation home too, Jimbo?” those same people are asking.

Ha. Ha.

Well, I just felt like it, and that was a good enough reason.

It’s time to have breakfast, shower and go to work, so that is all for this morning, here in Jimbo’s world.