Friday, May 29, 2009

Anniversary

Tomorrow will be fourteen years since I began work for my employer. It's hard to believe. In another 14 year chunk of my life, I did high school, college, law school, and my short stint in the Army, including my first year of marriage.

What do I have to show for this 14 years? A big thick handful of pay stubs [336 of 'em if they hadn't turned to electronic record keeping a couple years ago] and a mountain of reviewed documents. Most importantly, I have a sense of gratitude for a decent job with good benefits that allow my family excellent medical care and flexible hours.

2 comments:

Darcy said...

Happy anniversary! Sounds like a very good job, and a grateful employee is a blessing to any employer.

I'm grateful for my job too.

Peggy Gero DaValt said...

In December of 2007, my friend Anne, asked me a few simple questions:

(1) Do you have a job?
(2) Do you have health insurance?
(3) Do you have vacation benefits?
(4) Do you have a house with a roof over your head and can you afford it?

She said, that if you could answer "yes" to those questions then we were in the top 8% of the country as most don't have those luxuries.

This is all before the economic downturn.

Congratulations to you for your longevity with your employer. I will have 18 years in on 9/3/91.

And...today's attitude of gratitude is for a job and the blessings that it affords.

Live large!!

Peggy :)