Promotion???

[tom4bren]

I'm applying for a promotion tomorrow. Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers or just send me CHI (depending on your orientation). No salary increase but it does open my career up for advancement (I'm maxed out where I'm at now).

It'll be at least a month till I hear anything so I'm looking forward to a nice stressful holiday this year.:freek:

Timing is perfect though since my project will shut down before March.

Tom

[Ldub]

:luck:.:thumbup:.:luck:.:thumbup:.:luck:.:thumbup: .:yesgray:.:thumbup:.:luck:.:thumbup:.:luck:. :thumbup:.:luck:

[JHarris1385]

Good luck!

[Mile High VX]

We'll be praying for you Tom...:yesy:

[RickOKC]

I'm wishing you the best of luck!

[Triathlete]

Here is double the "Chi" for you...

http://media.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/photo/9092675-large.jpg

:bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy: :bwgy:

[Scott Harness]

Good Luck!! sending CHI from the CHI DOG:bgwb:

[Moncha]

T4B.... GOOOD LUCK!!!!!!! Brother, it never hurts to move up in the world. I'll keep you in my thoughts!

[VX KAT]

Sendin' my fav nutz brother some good ju-ju yer way!:thumbup:

[PK]

Going for a promotion Tom??:confused::confused:


I thought a fella your age would be thinking about slowing down now - :yesgray::yesy:
stepping back and letting the younguns have a go.:bgwb::bwgy::smilewink


Good luck mate, hope you get it.

PK

[JAMAS]

Good luck!

[vt_maverick]

We'll be thinking about you Tom! :luck: I hear you on the stressful holiday, our company is "restructuring" but is waiting until January to send out layoff letters. I don't know which is worse, getting the news before or after the holidays. :(

[tom4bren]

Thanks all.

The announcement did come out today. I decided to rewrite my resume though so I'll be working on that tonight & put in my application tomorrow (announcement doesn't close till 22 Dec).

Tom

[RamAirZ]

Good luck man! My wife just went through the same thing, got a "title" promotion and it opens up her pay scale a bit more now. I'll pass the luck on to ya!

[ZEUS]

Good luck big guy! May you be treated better than you treat me! ;)

[tom4bren]

I thought a fella your age would be thinking about slowing down now - :yesgray::yesy:
stepping back and letting the younguns have a go.:bgwb::bwgy::smilewink


HEY ... be nice!!!!

Actually since I'm currently working 3 people's jobs (PO, COR, LE), the promotion would prolly mean I could keep my head above water for a change.


Good luck big guy! May you be treated better than you treat me! ;)

Actually since I aspire to your greatness but know that I can never reach it, my only option is to bring you back down to my level. The first item on my bucket list is to get a god-like name. You may call me Thor from now on (originally it was gonna be Vulcan but he had a gimpy leg since Zeus kicked his butt ... can't have none of that).

[Mile High VX]

You may call me Thor from now on

Hey Thor...where does it hurt...ha!

:bwgy::smilewink:bgwo::bgwb:

[crotchrocket]

Good Luck Mr. !!!

[tom4bren]

Hey Thor...where does it hurt...ha!

:bwgy::smilewink:bgwo::bgwb:

Wherever I decide you are gonna hurt!!!


http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Thor.jpg

& the best part is that Thor is immune to Zeus' lightning bolts.

[VX crazy]

Wishing you the best luck for the new year!!

[ZEUS]

HEY ... be nice!!!!

Actually since I'm currently working 3 people's jobs (PO, COR, LE), the promotion would prolly mean I could keep my head above water for a change.



Actually since I aspire to your greatness but know that I can never reach it, my only option is to bring you back down to my level. The first item on my bucket list is to get a god-like name. You may call me Thor from now on (originally it was gonna be Vulcan but he had a gimpy leg since Zeus kicked his butt ... can't have none of that).HAHA! We've been over this... Thor-4-B! :bgwb: Perhaps you should be promoted to Demi-God status... just keep swinging that lightning rod of a hammer you got there and you'll shoot up that corporate ladder in no time! :yesb:

[tom4bren]

Never heard my middle finger called a "lightning rod of a hammer" before.

[tom4bren]

Well application is in. The announcement closes on 22 Dec so the earliest I'll hear anything is 29 Dec. The suspense will prolly kill me.

The application process was a killer ... I'm Thor all over. (I'm so friggin funny sometimes).

It took me 10-12 hours to build my resume & get it in the system. Resume ended up being 3 pages & trudging through 27 years of murky memory wasn't easy. Glad I didn't wait till the last minute to get started (as is my nature).

Anyway, thanks all for the well wishes & prayers. I'll let you know what happens.

Tom

[PK]

HEY ... be nice!!!!



Hey - that was nice.:bwgy::smilewink:winky:
Do ya want me ta be nasty???:mady::mado:

Good luck with it Tom.
Relax and enjoy your Xmas break.

PK

[Grif]

Good luck T4B... all the best wishes to ya.

[RickOKC]

Hmmmmm, speaking of lightning....

http://members.cox.net/radamsokc/Engineers.gif


:bwgy: :smilewink :bgwo: :bgwb:

BEST OF LUCK!


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[Mile High VX]

ROFL...that is great!

[VX KAT]

Guess that's how he got that "lightening rod of a middle finger"....:laugho:

Rick, IIRC you work with engineers? This doodle must be your passive-aggressive side showing....:laugho:

[RickOKC]

Rick, IIRC you work with engineers? This doodle must be your passive-aggressive side showing....:laugho:
Yeah, I'm surrounded by engineers at work! <shudder> :laughgray

Passive-aggressive?!!??? Oh, no, no, no! I have nothing but respect for 'em - it's just all the ones I know could easily be world class comedians so I kid around a lot. I hope nobody takes me seriously - I'm just trying to keep up and make the funny! :p Besides, I made a new years resolution to get punched in the nose and I only have 2 weeks left!

[tom4bren]

Well, interview went well. Now we wait.

BTW Rick - I liked the cartoon. I have a few that I need to share with you.

[vt_maverick]

Good luck (again)! :luck:

[ZEUS]

Fingers crossed, Thor!

[tom4bren]

Thanks fellers.

This is the hard part ... waiting.

Bossman told me last night that I prolly won't hear anything till next week. I'll be in meetings with him all day today so if he hears anything, I'm sure that he'll let me know.

[etlsport]

Glad the interview went well! Hope good news comes back.

[JHarris1385]

Hope you get it!

[Cobrajet]

You know if you get that promotion, we have to have another get together at your place!! Make the Hampton Roads crowd travel this time. I've got brats in the freezer! :luck:

[vt_maverick]

Hey I'm down for it. Might be handy if I have some new mods to install by then. :naughty:

[tom4bren]

Got bad news today ... but it coulda been worse ... much worse!

Secretary of the Army decided to suspend all personnel actions involving hiring and promotions for at least 30 days. It'll be sometime in March before I hear anything.

^&*(&&%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^$

[vt_maverick]

Son of a biscuit! We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed longer. :luck:

[fuzzy]

"coulda been worse"... yep, you coulda been part of a command that the SECDEF desperately wants to disestablish (like now!). Sigh. Resume writing and RIF classes are great motivators for serving the warfighters. Double-sigh.

With that being said... muchas good luck (and nice timing in beating the rats fleeing Dahlgren)!

[PK]

:(:mad:Not lookin good Tom.

Looks like someone has decide to wait it out past your fast approaching retirement date, just to rule you out of the running.:p;);)





Hang on mate - I'll do it for ya - :slap::slap::_crying:

[tom4bren]

Thanks all. I'm hanging in there. It's just frustrating.

Fuzzy - Welder Guy has seen your Proton running around a few times. We need to meet up soon.

PK - My retirement plan is very simple. I will retire exactly 2 weeks after my ex-wife dies. She got a part of my retirement in the settlement. It's not much (actually insignificant) but it's the principal of the thing.

[Cobrajet]

I'm still pullin' for you, Tom!!

I went through the RIF and no bonuses/pay raises in my company two years in a row. They actually "demoted" everyone in my group to paper-pusher job title, but we were grandfathered at our existing salaries. I was just happy to still have my job! We are hoping for both bonuses and pay raises this year.