I just got done whooping and hollering a bit. The offer letter arrived a few minutes ago and they kicked in a bit more than we discussed. Relocation expense went up some as did the salary, albeit not a huge amount. No complaints on my part. I don't even have a non-compete clause, not that I have any plans to jump ship. I am well pleased. Plus, to top it off, it looks like a bottomless well of work. To some people that's a bad thing, but I enjoy the challenge of juggling two dozen tasks and making sure they're all perfecto.
The fun part starts tomorrow. I get to give notice at my soon to be former place of employment. They've got me planned to be on the road starting this Sunday all the way through Dec 18. I'm giving my notice that Dec 18 will be my last day, which puts them in a tight spot. Either keep me out on the road and get those things done or have me at home training a replacement. Sucks to be them, but I don't have the luxury of giving them longer than that. It's a good bit of notice and I was adamant when interviewing that I needed to stay on long enough to complete this planned assignment. Overall, they're nice people that I'll miss, but I'll enjoy missing them more than I would enjoy staying.
To be fair to myself, I absolutely need to be working at my new place of employment before the New Year. I'll be damned if I'd miss out on bonus money (new place) because I shirked the year by a few days. I doubt they'd drill me on it if I do my job properly and we bang out the bucks as we should, but I prefer not to test anyone's forbearance.