Got a new job!

[wickedwords]

I have been contracting off and on for the past 5 years, and I have just accepted a perm position. This contract was supposed to run out at the beginning of may, so I had 4 weeks left; technically I only have to give a 2 weeks notice, so I'm thinking I can start the new job in 3 weeks. The only problem is that the transition of my old job will be 'hey new guy, here's my stuff, bye!' so it kind of leaves them in a lurch as those last 2 weeks would have been my transition time.

Should I stress it or not? It really is only 2 weeks.

Comments

Re: just curious...

[wickedwords]

Yes, I did want a perm slot with paid vacation and a job with a more technical bent. I've been doing contract PM work, and I wanted something more hands on. I was getting tired of the special contract lifecycle here, where you can only work 1 year for any group, then have to wait out 3 months before you could hire on again. Plus the pay was not making me happy, as the rates right now are pretty repressed as there is such a large pool of workers from india that are willing to take a lot less.

The company I have gone to starts with 18 days paid vacation, and around 15 holidays (they take Martin Luther King day off for example). And the pay is good, with a yearly bonus and stock grant that'll give me significantly more than I am making now. Tech wise, they are using a data vault design for their data warehouse, which I haven't used before, plus they are bringing in business objects. So it will do great things for my resume, and I won't have to stress over finding a new job every 15 months, so yes. Perm work for this company sounds great to me right now.

Re: just curious...

[talking_sock]

Those are good reasons. I don't like PM work myself, and the pay for it is pretty poor. I'm looking for more technical and less UX work myself, for stress reasons. If I could find a place that would employ me 4 days a week, or give me 4 weeks of vacation, I'd go for it too.