Elizabeth & Brendan

Not only is it a new year but it is a new era for Brendan. He begins his new job at Litmus in Cambridge.   We here in Medford are very excited.

While he started to look for a new job earlier this new year, he scrapped it for awhile (along with house hunting) since some other things (namely me) took priority.  However, in October he got the fateful call to come in for an interview. Interestingly, he got the call while we were tending to Eli who had JUST jumped out of a window. He had an interview and a week later, B had an offer. Not only can he dress casual everyday, he no longer has to drive to work – both of which are ideal for him.  And he will have a solid state hard drive – apparently that is really cool in the geek world.

The company is headquartered in Leeds, UK so we spoke to our resident UK employment expert Sarah about how to handle the negotiation process.  Lucky for us she was bored out of her mind in a hotel room with a newborn and jumped at the chance to play career helper.  The cool thing is that Brendan will be going to Leeds at least once a year and I hope to tag along much like he did in Switzerland.  But we will see.

However, I will miss our commuting together.  Driving to and from work afforded us the chance to talk about our day, things that needed to get done, random news stories, and other mundane things.  Though now I will be able to leave work when I want and not have to wait for B and get home sooner to my husband and pup.  So maybe it will all work out.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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