New Job

So about a month ago, Rob lost his job at Bailey Lauerman. This was, of course, no fault of Robs... the advertising firm was just suffering from the effects of a bad economy. They had just recently lost two major clients (Union Pacific Railroad and Allstate Insurance) and he was let go with about 5 or 6 others (including a few who'd been working there over a decade). I was impressed with how very graciously he took things! I would have stomped out of the room in a flury of scattered papers and knocked bookstacks with a carefully (albeit, probably not too original) expression such as... "You can't fire me! I QUIT!!" But not so with Rob. He understood the company's perdicament and despite the obvious stress of being out of work in an unstable economy, we were happy his employment with them had ended. The job was a great experience and a nice resume builder for Rob, but they did not treat us very well financially and he was paid much lower than market value for his work. Still, Rob loved the people he worked with, so he never would have left on his own. So in more ways than one, this job loss was actually a blessing!

Happily, after only a month of job applications, interviews and waiting, Rob now has a new job! Yay!! The job is with the National Research Corporation (NRC) and is basically a corporate sales job (or so I believe... you'll have to check with Rob on the details). He's on a sales team that sells something (sorry, I don't know what!) to big companies. The job not only pays more than his job at Bailey, but gives better benefits and vacation time! Yay, yay, YAY! He also has the opportunity to get a 10% commission on each of his sales to the companies (quite a chunck of change). We're very excited to have work and Rob is thrilled to have founds such a nice replacement job!