Allow me to correct you. You are just over the top of their pay range, but like their business enough to settle for the top of the range.
I thought spouses qualified for TRICARE?
I thought that was only for active duty, and retired.
You’ve misunderstood my post. Johnny said earlier that he had found four entry-level jobs in his area that paid ~3/4 of what he makes now. I’m advocating applying for those over a retail job like Costco.
Best of luck!! I hope you’re able to land something quickly.
Well, I’m no expert, but the TRICARE site says:
When you marry an active duty or retired service member, you become entitled to military benefits, including TRICARE. Your sponsor must register you in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.
My wife is not active duty, and she did not retire.
Yeah.
Big difference between “I served; I’m a veteran”, and “I retired from the military”. The former have very few significant ongoing benefits. The latter are pretty well cared for for the rest of their life.
By coincidence, my daughter is an Accounts Payable Specialist, and was laid off by her American employer (She is in the UK) this month. She has only worked there for a year or so, so no redundancy payment.
Her contact at a local employment agency arranged two interviews within a week, and she was offered both jobs. Her new job pays significantly more than she was getting, but it is a longer commute. They have agreed on flexible hours, though, as she has two children at school. It’s an ill wind…
Johnny LA’s struggles with messy data seem pretty common, and one of her strengths is being able to talk to people and work things out. In her last job at another American-owned company serving clients across Europe, she also had to juggle multiple currencies.
Grocery stores and related tend to promote from within and have lots of internal robust management training programs. You don’t have to be the “lucky few" to get promoted. If you are reasonable competent and solidly reliable, you’ll get opportunities. Remember, lots of people working as cashiers and stockers see them as transitional jobs and move on after a year or two. If you are interested in a promotion, stay past that threshold (and you aren’t a screwup), there are options.
That said, these jobs also illustrate why college degrees play a role in reducing periods of unemployment. You can work your way up at Krogers without a degree, but if you do get laid off, the other Grocery stores also mostly promote from within and so your 20 years of work experience is not nearly as portable as most college degrees are.
That’s why I thinking there might be any number of things he can do with that if he wants. 90% of my career is based on the fact that I became really good at Excel and SQL in my 20s.
I wish I knew SQL. Took a class once, at BMCRA 30 years ago, but never had the need to pursue it. Until now, I guess.
Our Admin sent reminders to me and another guy to choose our (very expensive) holiday meal for our luncheon on the 19th. I told her I did not plan to attend. Sheesh! How tone-deaf can my employer be? Informing me of my February lay-off before Thanksgiving (and Christmas)? Laying me off before the April 1st start of the 2026 fiscal year (my 19th anniversary would have been April 2nd)? Knowing I’d be months away from Medicare? Having a meeting (today) on the changes to our health insurance when I won’t be there? OK, I know they have to invite me to the Christmas/Holiday party. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to make a five- or six-hour round-trip for a free lunch when they’re giving me the boot!
I’d like to think they were tone-deaf had they NOT invited you … you are currently an employee just like anybody else, and they might have brought themselves into a pickle did they not invite you, as being an employee is pretty binary (0 or 1).
Also, I think it was rather generous to give you lots of advance notice (showing also a lot of trust) …
just throwing this in for perspective …
My company’s holiday party was during my garden leave. I did ask since I was not at work* but still technically employed. The location boss (who was not in my chain of command and probably would not have bene laid off had I been) said yes, the “expendables”** were invited. It was only a 5 mile drive for me so I did go.
Brian
* I did check my email, and did do a little work – I was only supposed to “finish current tasks” which meant a little replacement training
** our little nickname
Yesterday (Thanksgiving) morning, I got an email from Indeed that listed a job at one of the local colleges. After answering pages and pages of questions, uploading my résumé, and writing and uploading a cover letter, I submitted the application just after 10:00. This morning my wife asked me if they offered health insurance, and I told her yes. I logged into see all of the benefits that come with the job, when I see a note that interviews are expected to be conducted 11/17 - 11/19. I have a feeling I missed the window.
Maybe, but you don’t know if they got a good candidate.
Agree w @susan. Those dates are aspirational. If you’re hot and the other candidates are not you’re in like Flynn.
From your lips to God’s ears. (Or, from your keyboard to God’s monitor.)
I like, “from your fingers to God’s eyes”.
If I was Emperor (Hint: I’m not) you’d already be idjit La Jefa’s replacement.
There are few things so satisfying as righteously hammering those who would ignorantly hammer you.
No, thank you. I wouldn’t want to have that kind of mentality. (And from a business standpoint, it’s a tough sell getting businesses to become members.) I’d rather just win the jackpot in a lottery. 
That’s totally my plan too. But I’ll let you go first. Im a nice guy that way. 