Dear lord, Robin, that's freaky! Hope your broker is right and it makes no difference.
Countrywide is, coincidentally, where I'm applying for a mortgage. They supposedly resell
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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-t - Jul 25, 2007 6:19:14 pm PDT #8061 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cashmere - Jul 25, 2007 6:28:29 pm PDT #8062 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Selling of mortgages is VERY common-lots of mortgage companies do it. Countrywide bought our mortgage once from a smaller company and we did very well with their service. Robin, sorry for the freakiness and I'm hoping everything is ok with your mortgage.
Cashmere - Jul 25, 2007 7:05:14 pm PDT #8063 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2007 7:12:23 pm PDT #8064 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, Phil beat the computer!
Phew! Just barely.
I liked his description of one of the programs: "Agent Orange was like a crazed, cocaine-driven maniac with an ax," Laak said.
Burrell - Jul 25, 2007 7:21:08 pm PDT #8065 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday, vw!
Robin, how stress-making! Countrywide bought our mortgage (our lender told us they tend to sell them), and yeah, as Cash said, they've been very easy to deal with.
meara - Jul 25, 2007 7:32:24 pm PDT #8066 of 10001
Eek, Robin, that sounds stressy!
So meara, have you been looking at jobs in Australia?
Heh. It was discussed, one of our former coworkers is Australian, and now back there...a friend of mine just moved to Melbourne (from Christchurch) a few months ago...don't y'all get sabbatical after some number of years, too?
Honestly, though, 24 (at my last company) was plenty. I've been doing fine on 18. But 15, especially split up, just sounds too tough.
Now to figure out how to say "I like you and your company, but call me back when you've figured out what you really want from this position, or have a different position. And more vacation time. And cubes with higher walls."
billytea - Jul 25, 2007 9:00:34 pm PDT #8067 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Heh. It was discussed, one of our former coworkers is Australian, and now back there...a friend of mine just moved to Melbourne (from Christchurch) a few months ago...don't y'all get sabbatical after some number of years, too?
After ten years you get 2 months' fully paid long service leave. By which I mean I get long service leave, as I've now been at this company for 12 years. (My time in America counts.)
beth b - Jul 25, 2007 9:05:51 pm PDT #8068 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just goggled myself - i am an actress from Australia. and my DH is cricket player from the same country...
makes the idea that we have alternate lives quite possible ...
Anne W. - Jul 26, 2007 1:38:33 am PDT #8069 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Beth, that makes me want to make a joke about a bit in the recent Harry Potter book.
vw, that is a fabulous picture. Great smile!
askye - Jul 26, 2007 3:16:10 am PDT #8070 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Robin that's really freaky!
The place I'm temping at (and want to get that permenent job) has personal and sick leave, that's accrued based on factors like -- pay grade, job classification, and how long you've worked here. Well, I think sick is the same for everybody and it's personal that changes. Sick rolls over until whenever you leave and there's no cap on how much sick you can have. Personal rolls over, but there's a cap and after that cap you have to use your extra time by the end of the calendar year or lose it -- we're already getting reminders to have people use up time if they are close so there's not a mad dash at the end of the year.
This doesn't include the paid holidays (Labor Day, Christmas, etc) and after 2 years everyone gets special leave that can used when you get really sick or for maternity leave, say you have surgery and need to be out for 2 weeks, even if you had 2 weeks of sick you wouldn't have to use it because this leave would kick in.