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Oct. 12th, 2023 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firsttigerNot dead! Honest.
It's been nearly a year. I can't even begin to know where to start. I guess with Pete being laid off in May? Sure. Why not.
I didn't think it would happen. Morgan announced layoffs and I thought for sure Pete would not be on the list. He's a high performer and they swore it would be mostly bankers. So when the day came and it was, it was a bit of a shock. At the same time, he hated that job so much it was a relief. Especially when it turned out they would pay him normally until nearly the end of August. We made a deal early on...he could have at least all of June off before he had to start looking seriously. Seemed reasonable.
What was unexpected was Pete kinda falling ass backwards into an opportunity. Not even a week after he was laid off, he was catching up with people. One person was his old colleague from his Autusys days. He asked Pete if he wanted to stay IT side or would he consider working vendor-side. Now, Pete becomes more certain by the day that IT is leaving banking and will be all contract work so vendor to him is a good idea. He said as much. When Jim asked him if he could wait until the end of the budget cycle, we talked and I told him it was fine for the right job. We have no debt and I had managed to build our savings enough to wait.
The wait was long. While we waited, we had what we called "Martini Summer." This is just what it sounds like. Every day when the weather was good, by 4:30 I would have my ice- cold Belvedere dirty martini. We sat on the porch with our drinks, some music and we would talk. It was marvelous. Occasionally one of us would panic about the wait, but it was always based out of old anxieties. The one not panicking would talk the other down and it never lasted long.
When the offer came Monday, the base was 14% under what Morgan paid. It didn't matter. The bonus that comes brings it up to being exactly the same as this year's salary with bonus. But that wasn't the important bit. The important bit was enough RSUs to actually be life changing. Every year you are awarded 30-50% of the original number of RSUs in addition to what you have. When I started to do the math, it made my head spin. And it's not BS either. The other thing about where he is being hired is that there are a lot of people he's worked with before...the people he always spoke most highly about. They are all super excited he is onboarding and every single one has said the RSUs will make you want to always stay. His start date is the first week of November and he is so very excited.
I am not a woman for whom money is everything, but all of this has me both spinning and sighing in relief all at once. I have been working really hard with the bits of money I have to give us a debt-free life and gather house downpayment money. Suddenly, my work will be overshadowed by an amazing piece of luck but I am so okay with that. Heck, given what I did once we started getting ahead, who knows what I can do now.:)
It's been nearly a year. I can't even begin to know where to start. I guess with Pete being laid off in May? Sure. Why not.
I didn't think it would happen. Morgan announced layoffs and I thought for sure Pete would not be on the list. He's a high performer and they swore it would be mostly bankers. So when the day came and it was, it was a bit of a shock. At the same time, he hated that job so much it was a relief. Especially when it turned out they would pay him normally until nearly the end of August. We made a deal early on...he could have at least all of June off before he had to start looking seriously. Seemed reasonable.
What was unexpected was Pete kinda falling ass backwards into an opportunity. Not even a week after he was laid off, he was catching up with people. One person was his old colleague from his Autusys days. He asked Pete if he wanted to stay IT side or would he consider working vendor-side. Now, Pete becomes more certain by the day that IT is leaving banking and will be all contract work so vendor to him is a good idea. He said as much. When Jim asked him if he could wait until the end of the budget cycle, we talked and I told him it was fine for the right job. We have no debt and I had managed to build our savings enough to wait.
The wait was long. While we waited, we had what we called "Martini Summer." This is just what it sounds like. Every day when the weather was good, by 4:30 I would have my ice- cold Belvedere dirty martini. We sat on the porch with our drinks, some music and we would talk. It was marvelous. Occasionally one of us would panic about the wait, but it was always based out of old anxieties. The one not panicking would talk the other down and it never lasted long.
When the offer came Monday, the base was 14% under what Morgan paid. It didn't matter. The bonus that comes brings it up to being exactly the same as this year's salary with bonus. But that wasn't the important bit. The important bit was enough RSUs to actually be life changing. Every year you are awarded 30-50% of the original number of RSUs in addition to what you have. When I started to do the math, it made my head spin. And it's not BS either. The other thing about where he is being hired is that there are a lot of people he's worked with before...the people he always spoke most highly about. They are all super excited he is onboarding and every single one has said the RSUs will make you want to always stay. His start date is the first week of November and he is so very excited.
I am not a woman for whom money is everything, but all of this has me both spinning and sighing in relief all at once. I have been working really hard with the bits of money I have to give us a debt-free life and gather house downpayment money. Suddenly, my work will be overshadowed by an amazing piece of luck but I am so okay with that. Heck, given what I did once we started getting ahead, who knows what I can do now.:)
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Date: 2023-10-13 03:50 pm (UTC)Thank so much! Hope all is well with you and yours.::hug::