no power suit shopping... for now

some decent news on the job front. i have a 3-month temporary role in the office in framingham. it is actually one of the roles i interviewed for. after i interviewed for this role, they decided not to hire anyone into the job because of some organizational changes about to happen. they wanted to let the dust settle and then determine what type of role it would be and hire for it. oh boy did getting that call suck. this was the last open role in the office that i could interview for so when the HR guy said it was a no-go i had to hold back the tears, at least until he was off the phone. pretty much thought i was be headed for the unemployment line and back to the power-suit wearing interview process. i think the HR guy was as frustrated as me because he thought i was a perfect fit for the role. he said he would keep trying to find something before my temporary project with the richmond team ran out. then, a couple of days later he called me back to see if i would be open to another temporary assignment. oh heck yeah. temporary job is certainly better than no job at all. it would at least buy me some more time. he was able to work things out with the hiring manager so i will be starting this new role on 1/15 once i have wrapped up my current project. the really, really, really good news is that this 3 month role will get me through bonus day (yeah for money!) which i was really worried i would not be around for. AND that time of year tends to be a musical chairs job swap. everyone gets their end of year performance review and bonus and then finds a new role within the company so that they can maximize the amount of time they are in a new role before the next performance review (improving their chances of getting a better review and higher bonus next year.) so even if the temporary job doesn't turn into a permanent one, there could be more openings available to me by then. phew. imminent financial ruin halted for at least a few more months.