Finally!?

Well, it took more than a week, one email and one voice mail, but Northrop Grumman's recruiter finally called me with good news. She offered me a job and just as she was starting to tell me about it, the call dropped! She emailed me a bit later and said that her battery had died on the phone, but I could call back. She told me that the reason I hadn't been called before is that she was on vacation and the person that was supposed to be covering for her had a death in the family.

She offered me the position, that a few weeks ago I hadn't dared to dream of and told me that my new title would be Level 2 Systems Engineer. She said that if it were possible for me to start by next Monday, I would be eligible for the raise they'll have in March, but since that's not possible, they've factored in the raise I would get, into my base pay. The base pay is a 13% increase on what I'm currently making, not to mention all the other incentives that would make it ridiculous for me to decline the position.

She'll be sending me the offer letter and background check tonight and asked me when I'd be starting, respecting the 2 week notice that I will be giving. Well, 2 weeks from tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so it only makes sense that I will be starting on the following Monday, December 1st.

I've now told my supervisor who was not happy, though he understands the decision and wishes me well. He's told the group ever since I started two and a half years ago, that this is not a job to retire from and we all have bigger and better things to move on to. I've also told my closest co-worker, who says that I can't leave. It's nice to be appreciated.

So here I sit, in a bit of a daze, waiting for the offer letter to confirm that I didn't dream it, and hoping that this will be a step in the right direction of my "good" life.