No extra money, unfortunately, as it's what we call a permissive transfer within the same pay band and we're still stuck under the state pay-freeze we've been under for the past 8-10(!) years. They loosened things up enough a couple of years ago to where the university could give classified staff a 1% raise every year (yay 19 cents/hr), but no increases with lateral transfers. The new job would open up possibilities for a newly created position within that department further down the line that they would consider me for, so that is definitely a pro. One of the cons is that my current position, despite being in the same pay band because it's a supervisory position, straddles the line between classified (hourly) and academic (salaried) staff as I'm considered classified, but I'm exempt from overtime, so treated as salaried. We're going through an HR redesign and as of July 1, they have to decide which positions that currently straddle that line will be bumped up to academic staff. There are pros and cons attendant with that change, too. So lots to think about!
eta: Just spoke with the HR Dean and the HR rep, my current position wasn't recommended for upgrade to academic staff, so that helps make the pros/cons much clearer. I was sort of iffy on the prospect, because while more vacation earlier (but less later), also fewer sick hours (which are converted to health insurance upon retirement, so the more sick hours banked the better.)
I finished all my grading for this semester. So far, four students have emailed me wanting higher grades than they earned. I'm betting on several more before the end of the weekend.
Still no job for next year. Sent out two more applications.
Well, I've got one more interview. Still waiting to hear back from the place where I interviewed on Tuesday, though I'm starting to think that, if I haven't heard by now, then it's probably no. But every school uses a different schedule for this stuff.
Congrats on the offer, SailAway. Whether or not you take it, it's nice to get an offer.
Congratulations on the offer, Sail!
Tons of job~ma, Hil.
Good news for the day is that the computer is still under warranty. So it's not going to cost me anything to fix or replace it.
Continuing job~ma, Hil.
Glad to hear the computer was still under warranty, sj. Replacing my old one is on my list of things to do this year. I'm already getting little warnings to replace my battery. As expensive as those things can be, I'd almost rather replace the entire computer.
Kashi:
Also, thanks, everyone for your congratulations! I'm tending more toward accepting the position every hour. The excitement of something new is starting to filter in.
Smonster and Gar, thought of y'all cause I replaced my bedside lamp with an LED yesterday.
Thanks for the job~ma. I'm kind of stressing out about not having a job yet. One of my friends has pretty similar credentials to mine, and she's been looking for jobs outside academia, and she hasn't found anything, either.
Hil, just a reminder, in academia if you haven't heard "no" yet then it means you're still on a short list somewhere. I didn't get an offer until July, and I've been here for 15 years now.
