Re: Got a new job!

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Clay wrote:

>So, the light paychecks of the last 4 months are over, and I'm going

>to be very busy for awhile.

Good luck with the new job, Clay! I hope you'll have time to tell us

what it turns out to be like.

Jane

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Congratulations, Clay. I'm happy for you.

It's really nice that you're making more money than you need. Does

that mean you'll be able to contribute the maximum amount to your 401

(k)? With matching by your employer, you'll be able to get back more

than double in just a few years. A really good investment.

Will you be able to read or listen to music or audio-books while

you're working, or do you need to be constantly alert? What kind of

place will you be guarding?

- Debra

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Debra wrote:

> Congratulations, Clay. I'm happy for you.

Thanks, hey, how's Your new job going?

> It's really nice that you're making more money than you need.

> Does that mean you'll be able to contribute the maximum amount

> to your 401 (k)?

It should mean that, yes. But please, what IS the maximum amount?

> With matching by your employer, you'll be able to get back more

> than double in just a few years. A really good investment.

And can I get it if I retire at 62, or do I have to wait till

I'm 65 to get it back? My appointment to go fill out the W2

papers and all is in just one hour, so I should know soon.

> Will you be able to read or listen to music or audio-books while

> you're working, or do you need to be constantly alert? What kind

> of place will you be guarding?

Don't know the answers to any of those questions yet. Where I'm

being hired is sort of a rent-a-guard agency, and they have Kodak

and some other industrial customers. I'm hoping I get the grave-

yard shift, and that I can catch up on my reading while working.

(I have a niggling worry that it may be a Dangerous job. Why else

would they give Free health insurance? Nobody does that anymore.)

Clay

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Debra wrote:

> Does that mean you'll be able to contribute the maximum amount

> to your 401 (k)?

Okay, I found out now. The maximum I can put in is 15% of my pay,

and they will add 12 and a half percent of that, which by my reck-

oning, will mean they will be adding $725. over two years. And I'll

have put in about $5800. If I retire in 2 1/2 years, I should have

a little over $8 G in there, not counting any overtime or raises.

> With matching by your employer, you'll be able to get back more

> than double in just a few years. A really good investment.

Too bad they didn't mean they would match me dollar for dollar.

> Will you be able to read or listen to music or audio-books while

> you're working, or do you need to be constantly alert? What kind

> of place will you be guarding?

I asked for the graveyard shift and got it! And it happens that

that job will be at Kodak! Nobody messes with Kodak in this town,

so I think it will be pretty safe (and quiet). They took my

fingerprints, and are sending them to the FBI. There was a health

quiz, which specifically asked if I had Tourette's, ADD, ADHD, or

any mental condition that would prevent me from doing the job, and

of course, I said No. (Asperger's is not a mental condition, but

just a different way of being. ;-)) Oh, and they gave me an MMPI-2

test to take at home. Anybody know the right answers?

They gave me uniforms with sewn-on badges and epaulets, and I start

Monday. What, no cap? I'm a little amused, having been a pot-smoker

for about 35 years. But I haven't done it for a couple of years now.

I'm just happy to be able to get a job at my advanced years. :-P

Clay

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> So, the light paychecks of the last 4 months are over, and I'm

> going to be very busy for awhile.

Congradulations!

Since you'll probably have a gun, you can always supplement your

income by... oh never mind!

Good luck and don't get too bored.

- s

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Clay this is wonderful news.

I thought of you recently when combing for jobs...

I am pretty much decided upon getting training for certified nurses' aide.

It seems the shortest course toward being hired at this point.

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Kaye wrote:

> Clay this is wonderful news.

Thanks, it really is. And Stan, there won't be any gun

involved. Spiffy uniform though. ;-)

> I thought of you recently when combing for jobs...

> I am pretty much decided upon getting training for

> certified nurses' aide. It seems the shortest course

> toward being hired at this point.

And you could do great too. But you'd have to do for

other people all the things you used to do for Howie,

and maybe a few more... There can be a lot of satisfaction

in doing it, but I'm about burnt out on it after 13 years.

Clay

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Clay wrote:

>> Thanks, hey, how's Your new job going? <<

It's going great. I can actually say I love my job. I did two

unsupervised hearings today (my first). Earlier this week,I

submitted my first decision reversing a government determination.

My supervisor and mentor are friendly and supportive. The ffice is

small. My stress level is way down. So far, so good.

My only problem is lack of sleep, due to the long commute. The real

problem is that I refuse to go to bed when I should. I bring a book

for the train, and I read it in the morning. But I end up falling

asleep on the ride home.

I'm reading " Lincoln " by Gore Vidal. Many of Bush's " wartime "

policies seem to have been used by Lincoln -- such as detention

without being charged and suspension of habeas corpus and illegal

wiretaps (or rather in Lincolns' case, seizure of telegraph

records). Interesting.

When do you start your new job, Clay?

- Debra