[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
Yeh! Party time! You got a sweet deal it sounds like. Thank your ex employer with a beaming smile, if you ever meet them. I’m really happy for you to have such good fortune.
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Actually I (virtually speaking) told them to kiss my lily white a___! I may even have the last laugh as I think they are circling the drain. Karma sucks eh?
[QUOTE=Otto]
Sweet Zombie Jesus! A $6,000 bump plus COBRA reimbursement? Please, tell me where this is and tell me they are hiring.
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Right here in good ol’ Downtown Madison, West Main. You just made me laugh!
[QUOTE=Rascal’s Mom]
So I found me this job. Seems like a great fit all around. I started March 5, 60 days probation, offering me $3 grand a year more than the job I was fired from.
Fast forward to ten minutes ago - my bosses walked in, said I am off probation (two weeks early), reimbursing me 100% for the two COBRAs I paid to keep me in insurance until mine gets started here, plus ANOTHER $3 grand a year raise. I am now making $6,000 more than I was two months ago at that horrible place!!!
So people, keep your collective chins up if you are out of work. There is great stuff out there. YAYYAY 
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Woohoo! Congratulations! Wishing you luck and joy in your new career! 
[QUOTE=Surly Chick]
Yippie!! How did you find the new job?
Just as an aside - both times I was down-sized, I found better paying jobs that I like much better than my old one so sometimes being let go isn’t such a bad thing.
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Okay, I am home now and can spend more time on this. I found it the old fashioned way, in the newspaper want ads. But what sealed the deal for me is - I hope I can explain this correctly. My current/new boss is friends with an attorney I used to work with. This attorneys wife is an attorney at the same place, and I was assigned to her. So my current boss called her for a recommendation, and she sealed the deal for me. She raved about me. Talk about planets being aligned!
Go-go-gadget Congratulations!
Garsh, everyone, thanks so much for all the good thoughts. I feel like I really deserved this, as not much good has come to me for about the last ten years. Maybe I’ve paid my dues?