Monday I learned from a man wearing an ascot (he wasn't even wearing it ironically) that he now owns me. No not Matt, though he does have a rather nice ascot (thanks Monica). Our little company got acquired by a very large multinational firm that specializes in in vitro diagnostics. Super.It's all very odd, I've never worked at a company that has been acquired and tensions are understandably quite high. I've spent most of the week pushing the unhappy possibilities out of my mind as I've had bigger more present fish to fry. I instead focused on how exactly to say their very French name without sounding like a total asshole. I think it's working, but honestly I never even took French in high school (I cheated and took Spanish (suckazz!)) so maybe I'll come up with an American friendly nickname like they did for Dice-K. I'm thinking along the lines of Dice-Ru. hrmm...no dice.
I think I'll go ahead and hope that my job doesn't become redundant because their benefits freaking rock. Can anyone say pension?? No you can't because you probably work for an American company! Four weeks vacation, 12 holidays, fully vested 401k! French people are wicked awesome. Sigh.. I'll update my resume this weekend.
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Yeah, well my health benefits cover pretty much everything through Blue Cross with supplemental insurance for all the copays, and I pay $4 a month. Okay, so I have no dental, paid holidays, or really any other paid time off of any kind... But I'm getting paid to watch the Beatles Anthology!
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