Now that Girlie has gotten more har details from the company that lured her to Indiana, it sounds like they are going to back her up and help her succeed. Upon finishing her hours, she had a sit down with her boss to discuss the future and she was pretty straight forward saying that for her to stay up there, away from family, she would need to be compensated more than $30 an hour. Her boss came back with a couple bucks above what she asked for, which is great for her. She is allowed to work as much as she wants, and I guess that means she could go over the 40-hour week if she wanted to. I did a quick calculation and multiplying the numbers and using a 50-week year, I came back with a salary in the mid $60k range.
Considering the coast of living in Indiana has to be much lower than in Austin, her dollar will go a lot further. Her plans right now are to stay up there for about a year and half, which should be enough time for her company to expand into Texas, which she says they have already started the process in Dallas, but they have plans to fully spread all over the state. Her boss wants her to stick around and is in full support for her to grow and come with the company when the time is right.
For now, her bf is helping her get a rental house, which she already has, and the company has even given her a $2500 moving bonus which she will be using to rent a U-Haul to get the rest of her stuff up there. She currently has 10-15 bins upstairs in one of our guest rooms and her plans are to come and pick them up tomorrow. The weather is not ideal, but she does plan to head back tomorrow afternoon (writing this on Sunday night), even when we are looking at the weather and see that there is bad weather between here and there.
Her plans are that she will come back in due time, I just wish her well at this point. The company is putting up a lot to grab and keep her, so there is also a chance she falls in love with the work and then the city she is at. Even if she stays up there, it is good to know we helped turn that Knucklehead into a positive contributing member of society.
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