:-) Well, *I MADE IT*

[underpants]

Today was my one year anniversary at my new job. I am through the probationary period! Never really in doubt. No new money or benefits (the bennies can't be any better anyway) but I am locked in a as a full-fledged Commonwealth employee with all the protections. 4 more years and I am vested for the pension (yes a living breathing professionally managed pension) - if I were to leave before retirement I get everything I have put in back.

I LOVE MY JOB!! Damn this feels good.


BTW- 10/4/13 I "resigned" (actually got fired) at 9:45am from "the cult" of a family run non-profit where I worked and got offered my current job at 2:15pm on the phone. I was out of work for 4 1/2 hours.

[arcane1]

1. Congrats! My mom worked for VA for a good 20 years or so. She loved it too.

[underpants]

17. Really amazing the difference

treated like a professional and expected to perform as such. Having worked in some government and quasi-government positions I know that the dedication is nothing like the picture that most people have of it.

[shenmue]

2. Yay!

[cally]

3. Congrats.

I also earned retirement from the State. Feels great!!

[northoftheborder]

4. congratulations!

[bravenak]

5. I'm sure that four hours was enough of a vacation.

Happy for you.

[underpants]

21. I told my now boss...

I accept... worked out when I would start (told her I basically got fired that morning) ....and said, "You know I am about to do a happy dance now" She laughed. The cats looked at me oddly.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Congrats!!!! eom.

[etherealtruth]

7. YEA!!!!!!!

[sheshe2]

8. Congratulation!!!

[AtomicKitten]

9. well done

[Hekate]

10. Congrats to you!

[Solly Mack]

11. Outstanding! Congratulations!

Couldn't happen to a better pair of underpants.

[underpants]

19. :-)

Thanks Solly

[Ms. Toad]

12. My one year anniversary was Tuesday

Unfortunately, no job protections - but I'm at least back in a defined benefit plan (where I vested before leaving for private employment) bumping up my pension considerably every year I stay here and replace one low-paid year with a higher-paid one.

My old business had no retirement plan & very challenging cult-ish dynamics.

Much lower pay where I am now - but much happier. (I jumped ship voluntarily - albeit pushed by some changes which made my old job more challenging than it was worth.)

Congrats!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. ""the cult" of a family run non-profit"

Been there. It was a group home two days a week owned by a friend. It was okay until his mom started working there.

Put it to you this way, never put someone with obsessive compulsive disorder in a position of authority. It triggers their condition and makes them worse. They become obsessed with enforcing the rules. Saying dinner is at 5:00 means nobody is to be sitting at the table ten minutes to five and EVERYBODY had BETTER be seated at 5 or the entire world will collapse into total anarchy.

[underpants]

20. Strangely

the weird turn came with the Mom's chemotherapy. Breast cancer. I didn't know until that point that there are nice people (and she was) who go flat out evil and vice versa. At one point she called a meeting and screamed "YOU ARE LUCKY TO WORK HERE!!" totally blew her cool. We had to check the phone system regularly to see who wasn't working there anymore.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Yeah, that sounds about right....

For most people, the only experience they have at being in charge is in the role of a parent and you can't treat adults like they are unruly children and scream at them as if they're gonna get a wuppin.

[Rhinodawg]

14. A suggestion...

Tell you boss you've been here a year and you really love your job .

He'll faint...esp when you haven't asked for any money.

[star14]

15. CONGRATS!!!

Give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it.

[SoapBox]

16. Congratulations!

[GeorgeGist]

18. Good for you.

I always worked non-profit. Enjoyed all but last 5 years when the University unloaded the hospital to a subsidiary run by MBA wannabees. They outsourced my lab when I left. Nonetheless, I am enjoying a very comfortable retirement.

[denbot]

23. Congrats underpants.

I'm sure it's nice to be past the "temp" feeling one has as a probationary worker.

[DocMac]

24. Well done, underpants! nt

[secondwind]

25. Congrats!!! I once lost my job at a law firm, and crossed the street at

lunch time and was hired by another firm, just like that.

I had been at my job for 11 years, and had very good references.

[underpants]

28. secondwind

that's what this feels like

10/3/13
I went into my boss's office and informed her that I had an offer but I needed either a reference or my last two SIGNED performance evaluations.

"We don't give references"

What happened over the next 4 hours that day and the next were beyond weird. They wrote me up for basically working my lunch hour around getting my car out of the shop. Boss and VP (the pretty daughter of the family) confronted me with the write-up. Sorry I may not look it but I have too much punk rock "F You" to put up with that. Ended up with papers flying and me with a box in my hands in the parking lot.

I had worked for two years, including losing weight for interviews, after I was un-invited to a dinner to get out of there. They never saw it coming. The structure was set up that you couldn't interview without them knowing it. I thought I had another position that was covered by leave for a Lyle Lovett concert a month earlier but it didn't work out. I was walking a tight rope for several months. "10-4 good buddy" has a special place in my heart now.

[marble falls]

26. Ain't life grand? Especially when one one has skills?

[Iwillnevergiveup]

27. If we gotta work

it helps to love our work, doesn't it? Very happy for you, underpants.

[underpants]

30. ***********THANKS TO ALL**********

It feels great

[spooky3]

29. Vesting info

Employees are always 100% vested in their own contributions (plus earnings and less losses). You should be at least partially vested in employer contributions before 4 years. (By federal law) Check it out!

Congratulations! You are very lucky to have a job you love.

[LoisB]

31. Very happy for you.

[marym625]

32. congrats!

That's awesome. Highly unusual in this day and age

[CatWoman]

33. ...

[underpants]

43. :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Congrats, my dear underpants!

That is wonderful news.

And the fact that you love your job is just the icing on the cake!

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. congrats. but one year probationary period seems long, most are 6 months.

[mackerel]

36. Its a year now in a lot of places in the BayArea.

[Gothmog]

37. Congratulations

[westerebus]

38. There goes the neighborhood...

couldn't resist.................

[KT2000]

39. love to hear good news!

Congrats!!

[montana_hazeleyes]

40. That's great underpants!

I sent you hearts once.

[merrily]

41. Congrats and wishes for continued success.

[Enthusiast]

42. Congratulations!

I know it, this feeling. Wonderful.

[KansDem]

44. Here's to you, underpants!

[font size="1"]uh, say...could you spare a fin until payday?[font size="2"]

[City Lights]

45. Congrats!

Sounds like it's worked out well. Very happy for you!

[calimary]

46. That is FABULOUS!!!

Congratulations, underpants! YAY!!! Love getting good news!

[whistler162]

47. Congratulations. I have 7 years until

I am fully vested in the New York state employee retirement program. Which is good since I have at least 7 years until I can retire.