According to one headhunter working with Lance (I don't really know what else to call her, she actively looks for Lance jobs, so I will call her a headhunter) he was starting the dream job today. It was a contract position that was making a really great salary, full benefits, he would get to do both print and web design AND working from home. The dream job. As of December 10th it was a done deal. She promised he would start on December 15th or January 4th or January 15th at the latest. Oh how funny she is. Guess who he hasn't heard from in weeks? You guessed it, the headhunter. Last he heard from her was before Christmas when she called to say that the job is likely being pushed back to January 4th or later (you think?) since the person hiring no longer works there (or some excuse she had). Really? Really headhunter, dream-killer, evil doer? Who gives you the right to jack around with the lives of the unemployed? I mean seriously. Not fair.
We are actually getting used to the false hope of the headhunter but this last time she just sounded so positive. I mean she called after 8 pm with the news because she herself was so excited about landing this job for Lance. I just don't understand what is the point of all this stringing along? Yeah, I do get it from a business stand point—they obviously don't want to lose their talent so fill the good ones with false job prospects in an effort to keep them on stand-by—but it isn't nice. And rather selfish I might add too. But like I said, we are getting used it. The first several times of similar news we started planning our victory dinner out. We started mapping out the plan for aggressive bill payoffs. We have filled out more then one daycare form and lost deposits on daycare options. Just dealing with the need or lack of need for daycare is driving me insane. I'm just ready to settle into what will be our daily routine. One of two scenarios is how I see it. Either Plan A or Plan B.
Plan A = Lance gets a job full time on site or at home. Sunny goes to daycare. Bills get paid off. We get to hire a cleaning service once a week. Big vacations are a reality. Life is good.
Plan B = No full time job for Lance. Sunny is home with her daddy and no daycare expenses (a savings of $1,200.00 a month). Lance works to grow his at-home business. Money is tight. We are very mortgage poor but Sunny stays home from daycare. Life is good.
Either way, we can make it work but I'm so tired of the going back and forth. Back and forth. I'm starting to feel like my life is the ball in a ping-pong game for giants. Mean, giant, headhunter evil doers. But here we are living in an unstable job market having to use all possible leads and the headhunter is the one in control of the game.
On a side note: if you are ever looking for a great print and/or web designer I know a guy.
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