[Magdalen] Quick Prayer pats - job offer

[Georgia DuBose]

Good wishes and prayers for every success with this new venture.

Georgia+

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 8:58 AM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your prayer pats/prayers,
>
> I have accepted the new, new job at HP.
>
> Prior to June 19th, I was working for General Dynamics Information
> Technology on a US government contract for the Centers for
> Medicare/Medicaid Services on the Health Care Quality Improvement
> System (HCQIS) contract.
>
> As of June 22nd, I became an employee of Engility Corp. working on a
> planning contract for the Veterans Administration on a National
> Cemeteries Administration project.
>
> As of July 21st, I will be an employee of HP, back to supporting the
> CMS HCQIS Infrastructure and Data Center Support (HIDS) contract. It's
> back to more evening and weekend work, but it is a huge jump in salary
> and vacation. The Project Lead seems very competent, and has a clue of
> the difficulties facing the project. I will work from home at least 4
> days a week, so the commuting should not be a barrier. If it is, there
> are other options, as Alan Carr pointed out. I do hope the various
> benefits packages will work out - I am in between medical benefits
> right now and have applied for Medicare (I'll be 65 in 3 weeks; how
> can that be?)!
>
> I am now attempting a graceful exit from Engility Corp. I am grateful
> to them for their welcome, their competent handling of a difficult
> learning curve, and to the individuals with whom I have been working.
> I am grateful to have had a chance to set up a home office. I am
> grateful to have learned more about project management tools.
>
> Now, to get the caving convention awards show set up for Thursday next
> week! In the midst of it all, next week is "vacation" while I work
> very hard to provide the big awards show for the cavers at our annual
> convention, in Missouri this year.
>
> Some weeks are just more event-filled than others.
>
> Very grateful for your prayers,
>
> hugs all around - Cady
> !!
>
> On 7/8/15, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Praying Cady.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We rented an apartment in similar circumstances (85 miles through Los
>>> Angeles) and stayed much longer than the year or two I originally
>>> envisaged.
>>>
>>> Worked out for us.
>>>
>>> Allan
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > With a decision due tomorrow -
>>> >
>>> > I left the General Dynamics IT job to go to another government
>>> > contractor for the Veterans Administration. Moved from hands-on tech
>>> > problem solving & system administration to teams building government
>>> > project documents, I provide the tech knowledge.
>>> >
>>> > Now HP, subcontractor to the prime group that won the ongoing contract
>>> > from GDIT, has offered me a job with a decision due tomorrow. It's a
>>> > very attractive offer but there are some unknowns - I could go from a
>>> > home-based job (no commute!) to a 60-mile commute through the daily
>>> > Northern Virginia gridlock.
>>> >
>>> > The reason the decision is fast is that the job offer was proffered
>>> > last week, there were some hoops to navigate. HP wants me to start
>>> > July 21st - two weeks from today. I have next week off for the annual
>>> > caving convention & show.
>>> >
>>> > Prayers for clarity -
>>> >
>>> > hugs all around - Cady
>>> > still reading & praying for all y'all, even so, overwhelmed !
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Allan Carr
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>> Western Michigan
>>