the waiting game

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So life at my place of employment is interesting right now. Interesting like that Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."

I got a notice in my inbox this morning: I have a 15-minute 1:1 meeting today at 12:30 to find out my future. Yay.

I'm sitting here, trying to get into work, but mostly only able to engage in nervous cleaning. Yeah, about half of my cubicle is now sparkling clean. The other half, well... I just looked again at it. Yeah, the desk isn't visible, it's a big mess. At least there is something to do.

I really am kind of excited to see what happens, but at the same time I'm just plain sh$t freaked. There are so many unknowns, from where we're going to be working (location-wise--because we don't know yet), to what kind of health insurance premiums we will have to pay. Those are just examples of some of my very minor worries. As for the major ones....

Some of my coworkers in TX, who have already been through this stage of the thing, are completely distracted, practically unreachable lately. I am beginning to see why.

So, all I can do is clean. And type on a message board, obviously.

Wish me luck,
--T

[Kata6]

Hope it all turns out ok, T.

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kata6 said:

Hope it all turns out ok, T.

Thanks Kata! I did indeed get an offer from the new company today. And the salary is indeed slightly higher than my current one. Yay!
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OK, I just have to do a lot of blah blah tension release stuff. I hope I don't offend anyone here. i just need to dump.
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The health insurance premiums are actually a bit cheaper than the current company, but the health plan is different, so I have to find out whether I can still see the doc I need to see (so far it doesn't look like it), and, more importantly, whether my daughter can continue to see someone for her ADHD (no idea). I got a little worried when I asked one of the ladies from the new company about that, she kind of looked at me funny, got a little curious about who I was, what my position was, etc.

That bothered me a lot, but it's the whole reason I didn't ask via email or in some other, more private setting: I didn't want it in writing that I had a dependent in need of these services, I don't want them to know my name in that context, because I don't know how they'll treat me if they know such things. Scary, huh? But maybe I'm just paranoid. I could have just been misreading her, too.

The new insurance is BlueCard (Blue Cross). Does anyone know about them, their MH coverage? Is it decent?
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Otherwise, so far, everything we're hearing says that things are going to be ok, for the most part. The exact location is still unknown, but they said they're placing bids on a couple of places within 10 miles of our current workplace. And in the foreseeable future we (my team) won't have to relocate.

And I had the pleasure of overhearing the head of my department say that we're a pimple on the ass of <old company name>. It summarized what most of us are feeling right now.

thanks for listening, everyone....

[Kata6]

Congrats, T, that has to be a huge relief knowing that you'll have a job and won't have to relocate right now.

I have Blue Cross Blue Shield for my ins, but I don't know much at all about the MH coverage. At least they're a reputable company who's been in business for a while, so that's good at least.

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Thanks for the info, Kata. I really hope the blue cross works for us. So far, at least one of my docs isn't covered by it.

Something interesting/weird/flattering(?) just happened to me, regarding this, not sure what exactly to make of it. But I think I might have to elaborate later, from home.....