Well I'm thinking it's good news. Of course it could be the coup de grace to my health and life, eventually. But I landed the best offer job wise out of all three of the companies I interviewed with. I go in next week for processing and test taking, and then A 40 hour week of orientation.
The place today had a VERY crappy Aetna PPO, I was shocked the secretary lady handed me the entire health plan information. I looked over it, but to be sure I went to Kinkos and faxed it all over to my HR friend, and they went over it for me, and highly recommended that I not accept the position due to just the healthcare plan alone. The guy really wanted me too, and i'm sure the plan would have been fine for a normal healthy guy with relatively no read need for healthcare, but not for a CF, not by a long shot.
After I mentally checked them off my list, I called back the other company that supposedly had the best benefits (major healthcare, 401k matching, etc). The recruiter was unavilable, so I asked the other guy what healthcare company they have, he said "U.S. NOW". I have never ever heard of US NOW. I asked my HR expert if they ever had heard of them, and they said no, which is scary by itself. I googled them, and still couldnt find anything on them just by glancing. I really wanted the matching 401k plans from either company, but I just can't deal with such a questionable healthcare company, name wise.
So I checked both of those off the mental checklist, and called back the bigger company, that was still holding the position that she offered to me yesterday. I asked her what healthcare they had, and the answer was great, it's the same healthcare i'm on now that covers everything and has very low deductibles and stuff. Basically it was the best answer possible. Out of all three companies, I really wanted this one the most. Due to my education I am already qualified for a real sweet position usually reserved for ex-military or law enforcement, but she told me she will put me down on the fairly short list for when that position opens up (It pays quite a bit, and I travel around).
The position I accepted is full time @ 40 hours. It's a 12 hour shift, followed by a 12 hour shift, then two 8 hour shifts, then i'm off the other 3 days of the week. Might sound grueling to some, but i'd rather have two crappy days, then two medium days, then have 3 days off all to myself to relax/whatever.
Here is the interesting news. It's a "bike patrol" job. Meaning for a good part of the time, i'm going to be on a bike, covering fairly decent distances on a very large auto insurance companies property. This will be one sure way to help burn off my slight love handles and gut for sure. I figure as long as I stay healthy and let OO and proper sleep and diet do it's thing, I hopefully will be ok.
The bad news is, as irony would have it, me proclaiming my good health and being clear for a while, my sinuses got filled with goo, and just like clockwork, started draining into my lungs. You guys know it's pretty much impossible to not get congested lungs if you have a real bad stuffed up/runny nose with tons of snot flowing like a river. I am now doing 3 OO nebs a day for now, and on a ton of nose sprays. I woke up today and I had quite a bit of goo in my lungs, and hit up the vest real hard and got rid of a ton of stuff. I figure if I keep on the vest and double up on the OO, I might be able to get rid of it on my own. If not, I can just call in some oral antibiotics to help get rid of my sinus crap. I hate sinusitis!
Anyways, it wasn't the best possible job i could get with that company (I really wanted that roamer position), but this is still really good for me. I'll get my foot in the door, bide my time (hopefully only a couple of months), and then hope to land that real highend gig with them.
I just hope my nose/lungs clear up...How sucky would it be if I started working and right afterwards fell down to nearly hospital admission levels? The bad news is the benefits don't kick in for 90 days. The good news is I think I found a way to deal with that. Oh well, this will be interesting atleast. Maybe I might kill myself in the process, but atleast I tried. Regret is very expensive and I hope I don't ride that train down into obliteration. But I wasn't happy where I was as far as point in life wise and opportunity/quality of life wise. I knew something had to change. Too bad the only way to find out is sink or swim, and I already have a knock against me before I got in the pool.
Oh well, just thought i'd share.
The place today had a VERY crappy Aetna PPO, I was shocked the secretary lady handed me the entire health plan information. I looked over it, but to be sure I went to Kinkos and faxed it all over to my HR friend, and they went over it for me, and highly recommended that I not accept the position due to just the healthcare plan alone. The guy really wanted me too, and i'm sure the plan would have been fine for a normal healthy guy with relatively no read need for healthcare, but not for a CF, not by a long shot.
After I mentally checked them off my list, I called back the other company that supposedly had the best benefits (major healthcare, 401k matching, etc). The recruiter was unavilable, so I asked the other guy what healthcare company they have, he said "U.S. NOW". I have never ever heard of US NOW. I asked my HR expert if they ever had heard of them, and they said no, which is scary by itself. I googled them, and still couldnt find anything on them just by glancing. I really wanted the matching 401k plans from either company, but I just can't deal with such a questionable healthcare company, name wise.
So I checked both of those off the mental checklist, and called back the bigger company, that was still holding the position that she offered to me yesterday. I asked her what healthcare they had, and the answer was great, it's the same healthcare i'm on now that covers everything and has very low deductibles and stuff. Basically it was the best answer possible. Out of all three companies, I really wanted this one the most. Due to my education I am already qualified for a real sweet position usually reserved for ex-military or law enforcement, but she told me she will put me down on the fairly short list for when that position opens up (It pays quite a bit, and I travel around).
The position I accepted is full time @ 40 hours. It's a 12 hour shift, followed by a 12 hour shift, then two 8 hour shifts, then i'm off the other 3 days of the week. Might sound grueling to some, but i'd rather have two crappy days, then two medium days, then have 3 days off all to myself to relax/whatever.
Here is the interesting news. It's a "bike patrol" job. Meaning for a good part of the time, i'm going to be on a bike, covering fairly decent distances on a very large auto insurance companies property. This will be one sure way to help burn off my slight love handles and gut for sure. I figure as long as I stay healthy and let OO and proper sleep and diet do it's thing, I hopefully will be ok.
The bad news is, as irony would have it, me proclaiming my good health and being clear for a while, my sinuses got filled with goo, and just like clockwork, started draining into my lungs. You guys know it's pretty much impossible to not get congested lungs if you have a real bad stuffed up/runny nose with tons of snot flowing like a river. I am now doing 3 OO nebs a day for now, and on a ton of nose sprays. I woke up today and I had quite a bit of goo in my lungs, and hit up the vest real hard and got rid of a ton of stuff. I figure if I keep on the vest and double up on the OO, I might be able to get rid of it on my own. If not, I can just call in some oral antibiotics to help get rid of my sinus crap. I hate sinusitis!
Anyways, it wasn't the best possible job i could get with that company (I really wanted that roamer position), but this is still really good for me. I'll get my foot in the door, bide my time (hopefully only a couple of months), and then hope to land that real highend gig with them.
I just hope my nose/lungs clear up...How sucky would it be if I started working and right afterwards fell down to nearly hospital admission levels? The bad news is the benefits don't kick in for 90 days. The good news is I think I found a way to deal with that. Oh well, this will be interesting atleast. Maybe I might kill myself in the process, but atleast I tried. Regret is very expensive and I hope I don't ride that train down into obliteration. But I wasn't happy where I was as far as point in life wise and opportunity/quality of life wise. I knew something had to change. Too bad the only way to find out is sink or swim, and I already have a knock against me before I got in the pool.
Oh well, just thought i'd share.