Free beer has arrived!
When I announced the assimilation of my employers by our new masters (whom I for one welcome, for reasons that will become apparent), careful readers might have detected a note of skepticism in regards to promised benefits.
It has taken some negotiation and a bit of pressure from my boss to his boss, plus quite a lot of patience and forbearance on my part (when the fat is trimmed[1], it will be coming from the finance department if I have anything to say about it), but the promised benefits are starting to materialise.
I found an extra five hundred pounds in my take-home pay this afternoon.
I have been given a pay rise of over thirty-five percent; I am officially now earning the most I have ever earned; my job title is now Associate Consultant (next level is Associate Director: I'm on the first client/project management level - consultants tell managers what to do; consultants' bosses are directors); my Contribution Performance review is "Outstanding", which means that my June bonus will also be outstanding. I am not yet earning my age in thousands of pounds (a semi-humourous family yardstick) but I can see that happening from here.
I can safely say that I will be buying celebratory rounds at the Paisley Beer Festival next week and my birthday celebration this month will also be ... quite good.
[1] An interesting euphemism for 'first against the wall' that comes from our modern capitalist market-driven society
It has taken some negotiation and a bit of pressure from my boss to his boss, plus quite a lot of patience and forbearance on my part (when the fat is trimmed[1], it will be coming from the finance department if I have anything to say about it), but the promised benefits are starting to materialise.
I found an extra five hundred pounds in my take-home pay this afternoon.
I have been given a pay rise of over thirty-five percent; I am officially now earning the most I have ever earned; my job title is now Associate Consultant (next level is Associate Director: I'm on the first client/project management level - consultants tell managers what to do; consultants' bosses are directors); my Contribution Performance review is "Outstanding", which means that my June bonus will also be outstanding. I am not yet earning my age in thousands of pounds (a semi-humourous family yardstick) but I can see that happening from here.
I can safely say that I will be buying celebratory rounds at the Paisley Beer Festival next week and my birthday celebration this month will also be ... quite good.
[1] An interesting euphemism for 'first against the wall' that comes from our modern capitalist market-driven society