OK, a few weeks ago there was a job announcement at Scott's work for a new position. It sounded pretty good, but did have shift work associated with it. Scott and I discussed it and he applied, stating that he would only accept the day shift. You see, for most of our married life Scott has either worked shifts or been TDY when he was in the military. So, now that he has a job with the same hours as I do, we have gotten really used to our evenings and weekends.
Well, about three weeks ago, the job offer came. He got offered the only day shift and things were great. We were so excited because of the opportunity. He was scheduled to start on August 2nd, and yesterday he called his new supervisor to clarify a couple of things. The supervisor said, "Oh no, the schedule is Tuesday through Saturday." That wasn't what the job offer stated. Now, Scott is the guy that can find all the hidden clauses in your mortgage agreement, so he had full documentation on the announcement and job offer. Well, after a bunch of meetings where the leads and HR all determined that they needed to amend his offer, he decided to decline.
We were so excited, and he scored so high on the application process only to decide that our 11 and soon to be 15 year old really need their Dad on Saturdays. So it has been a rough week, but we are glad that his choices were between a job he currently really likes and a job that might have been great too, in this economic climate we really can't complain to much.
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