Another Job Ends

Last Friday was my last day working at Hacker Group; they have a new director who will be controlling the process that I was brought there to manage (the situation was very fluid when I started, to put it charitably), and they didn't want to keep paying me to do reconciliations, because I am an expensive reconciler.

This was really quick job, four weeks and two days, but it was a good contract in some ways.  The client had a big problem, wanted to do something about it quickly, and was willing to pay for that.  By the time I left, they were in much better shape than when I started, good enough that they could let me go and start with a newly-trained (cheaper) temp in my place.  In the one-month-less-one-day that I worked there, I made more money than I used to make at Farmers in a month.

So now it's back to the between-jobs grind, looking for work and filing for unemployment.  I called my insurance administrator each of the last two days to ensure that I have health insurance still.  Jackie's employer can provide insurance for her and the kids for less than I can, so that is a huge help.  I re-opened my unemployment claim, and I have had two inquiries about work possibilities already, although neither one panned out.

As long as the jobs keep coming, this is kind of fun.