The job

I've had an awesome two weeks of leave. I've gotten to hang out with Julie and the kids a lot, got some stuff done around the house and just been lazy. It's been nice not to have to think about Iraq for a while.

I also was able to go into work and see what, if anything, I'd be doing when I got back. Our department went through some downsizing, as does every department that gets outsourced, so I was concerned that I might not have a job when I got back. It sounded like Perot Systems would be busy enough when I returned so that I would probably have work, so I was happy not to have to look for a job while I was deployed, like a number of other Soldiers are doing.

This afternoon I was excited to hear that Perot stock went up 65%. Wow, I thought, how awesome it is to be a part of this organization. I didn't catch the reason why, but hey, it's probably because they're run so well and the healthcare industry is starting to pick up. And because they have employees like me.

Well later I heard that the reason the stock went up so much is because Dell is buying Perot. So it looks like I'll be working for my third company (4th if you count the Army) in 2 1/2 years. Great. I can hardly wait to pick new insurance, have a skills inventory and basically another job interview, go through hours, if not days, of new hire orientation, blah, blah, blah. Although that said, I'll happily do all of that on a yearly basis if I can keep my job. I'm just a little disappointed because I was looking at staying with Perot for a long time. My longest tenure with an employer is a little over 5 year.

Guess it's time to start over and try again.