Adam Strange
05-12-2007, 06:26 PM
It’s all but official. I’m getting a better job in a preferable area of the country. On Friday, the paper that wants to hire me put in the request to their corporate office. Unless that office finds that I lied on my résumé (and I didn’t) or have a criminal history (and I don’t), I’ll be hired.
It’s not home but it’s closer. I can spent Christmas and Thanksgiving with my family, can visit friends in neighboring cities on weekends and will be in generally the cultural and climate conditions I’m used to (sweet, sweet snow!). The job isn’t perfect but it’s better. I won’t just be writing and editing A&E material but news and features as well, and it’s a step up on the editorial hierarchy. It’s not a totally new start -- most of my personal problems will follow me over the state line -- but it’s a chance to get out of the rut and circumvent some of the mistakes I made the last time I started a new job in a new city.
For now, I have to figure out how I’m going to move. Last time, I didn’t have anything that wouldn’t fit in my car. Now, I have a bed, couch, desk, TV and bookshelf. Has anyone done a move like this before? If so, would you please respond or PM me?
Two coworkers who did a similar move used PODS but the estimate they gave me was ridiculous -- so ridiculous I think there might have been a glitch on their site. I’m thinking a U-Haul-type place -- either get a hitch put on my car and rent a trailer or rent a truck that will tow my car. Do those places typically not rent to people under 25 or have a fee for those who are?
I could always try selling it all and rebuying it in my new city (I could go without the TV all together) or I could look for a furnished apartment. Those seem like the more expensive options in the long run, though.
What would you all say about asking my new employers for help with moving expenses? My current employer have me a grand. This new job will leave me in the same surviving-but-not-thriving state as the last one so money is still a huge issue and, when this is all over, I’ll need enough for a security deposit and first month’s rent.
Anyway, thanks everyone for your help and support in the last few months. Any advice to any of the above would be tremendously appreciated.
It’s not home but it’s closer. I can spent Christmas and Thanksgiving with my family, can visit friends in neighboring cities on weekends and will be in generally the cultural and climate conditions I’m used to (sweet, sweet snow!). The job isn’t perfect but it’s better. I won’t just be writing and editing A&E material but news and features as well, and it’s a step up on the editorial hierarchy. It’s not a totally new start -- most of my personal problems will follow me over the state line -- but it’s a chance to get out of the rut and circumvent some of the mistakes I made the last time I started a new job in a new city.
For now, I have to figure out how I’m going to move. Last time, I didn’t have anything that wouldn’t fit in my car. Now, I have a bed, couch, desk, TV and bookshelf. Has anyone done a move like this before? If so, would you please respond or PM me?
Two coworkers who did a similar move used PODS but the estimate they gave me was ridiculous -- so ridiculous I think there might have been a glitch on their site. I’m thinking a U-Haul-type place -- either get a hitch put on my car and rent a trailer or rent a truck that will tow my car. Do those places typically not rent to people under 25 or have a fee for those who are?
I could always try selling it all and rebuying it in my new city (I could go without the TV all together) or I could look for a furnished apartment. Those seem like the more expensive options in the long run, though.
What would you all say about asking my new employers for help with moving expenses? My current employer have me a grand. This new job will leave me in the same surviving-but-not-thriving state as the last one so money is still a huge issue and, when this is all over, I’ll need enough for a security deposit and first month’s rent.
Anyway, thanks everyone for your help and support in the last few months. Any advice to any of the above would be tremendously appreciated.