I mentioned this in one of my previous posts, but Chris received an email stating he was eligible for the early retirement incentive being offered because he has 15 years of service completed. The process goes a little something like this: get the email, send email back verifying eligibility, complete application, wait for response and proceed based on that response. Well, Chris emailed to verify his eligibility on the 14th and finally received word this morning that he is NOT eligible! WTH??!!!
I think he is feeling kind of bummed about it as we had "life" planned out. There were minimal uncertainties in terms of what would happen next, what would life look like, etc. He is doing some checking to make certain this information is correct and that someone didn't make a mistake, but apparently either his year group was omitted from the deal or his career field. Either way, I guess we should look at this as a positive when thousands of others will be involuntarily removed from their jobs later this year. It would appear at this point, we would be safe from that even though in his short career as an officer, he has already survived two RIF boards, which is a pretty crazy thought. Typically, the same year group isn't up for RIFs repeatedly.
I am really okay either way. There are definitely positives and negatives to each option. We are huge believers in "God's Plan," but we are not ones who believe that means you sit back and do nothing. God puts the motivation, the options, the spark in you to act. You need to do the work. Plain and simple. He is there for support. We made our plans based on both options and now the rest is out of our hands. We know however this situation is to unfold, that we will be fine.We will either be surrounded by friends and family in a little over a year while we transition back to the U.S. or we will stay surrounded by our friends in Germany. Either way, we have job security, financial security, love and hope that many others do not have. For that, we are truly thankful and blessed.
I think he is feeling kind of bummed about it as we had "life" planned out. There were minimal uncertainties in terms of what would happen next, what would life look like, etc. He is doing some checking to make certain this information is correct and that someone didn't make a mistake, but apparently either his year group was omitted from the deal or his career field. Either way, I guess we should look at this as a positive when thousands of others will be involuntarily removed from their jobs later this year. It would appear at this point, we would be safe from that even though in his short career as an officer, he has already survived two RIF boards, which is a pretty crazy thought. Typically, the same year group isn't up for RIFs repeatedly.
I am really okay either way. There are definitely positives and negatives to each option. We are huge believers in "God's Plan," but we are not ones who believe that means you sit back and do nothing. God puts the motivation, the options, the spark in you to act. You need to do the work. Plain and simple. He is there for support. We made our plans based on both options and now the rest is out of our hands. We know however this situation is to unfold, that we will be fine.We will either be surrounded by friends and family in a little over a year while we transition back to the U.S. or we will stay surrounded by our friends in Germany. Either way, we have job security, financial security, love and hope that many others do not have. For that, we are truly thankful and blessed.
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