Well, that was fast...

This morning my group leader was authorized to make me a verbal offer of employment as permanent staff. Much to my surprise, the number they came up with was not low-ball at all. As a result, the salary negotiation phase of the process took no time whatsoever and it's basically done. My group leader will now inform HR of the number we agreed on (which has already been authorized by HR), they enter the information into the payroll database, and I'm a TSM. They say that the new salary should take effect as early as Monday. We'll see... I'm always skeptical of anything that involves the Oracle system, but as evidenced by this post in the context of my previous post, sometimes it just works as it should.

This comes as quite a relief to me, of course, as it entails what will certainly be the largest one-time raise of my life (44%). And right now I really need the money. When the first el biggus paycheck comes in, which should be May 24, it's free beer on me at TriBev for anyone who's interested.