Comments | chewie23: Break down the wagons

chewie23

Break down the wagons

Jun 04, 2008 12:55

Negotiations with Cameron have concluded, unsuccessfully. I have declined their offer, and we will be here for another year ( Read more... )

Comments 13

ladykenyon June 4 2008, 23:09:41 UTC

It sounds like this is the right choice.

We love you.

chewie23 June 5 2008, 03:20:00 UTC

Love you two too.

And, yeah, it's the right choice.

ellienihon June 5 2008, 00:46:01 UTC

It sounded like they were asking for far too many sacrifices. I'm glad you're doing what's right for you.

chewie23 June 5 2008, 03:23:10 UTC

It actually ended up being less about the sacrifices (e.g. Give up our shitty apartment? Sure!) and more about a lack of interest and flexibility on their end.

To the extent I'm disappointed, I'm only disappointed that the job wasn't what I had originally thought it was; I'm certainly not disappointed to walk away from what the job actually was.

demonsix June 5 2008, 02:09:02 UTC

Well the bright side is we get to have another year of fun here.

chewie23 June 5 2008, 03:23:41 UTC

Indeed.

This, by the way, explains why you haven't heard from me in a bit. The negotiations have been...hilarious.

mmvashnik June 5 2008, 06:54:43 UTC

I look forward to the whole story..so much that I'll probably be calling you in the next 48 hours to hear it firsthand.

As has been pointed out, and confirmed, it sounds like you made the right choice. The only thing worse than "no-faculty-position" is "faculty-position-that-isn't-right-for-you-and-makes-your-life-miserable".

ellefromtheeast June 5 2008, 15:45:32 UTC

We would love to talk to you guys. We kept wanting to call and update you, but every time we had that thought, we were like, "But we'll have a final resolution in a day or two, so we'll just call then," but nooo... it just kept dragging on and on... Point being, we would love to hear from you. :)

chewie23 June 5 2008, 16:42:48 UTC

Elle is precisely correct -- we've thought that this was done a half-dozen times, and were waiting for confirmation which invariably (until now) turned into a new thought about what was going to happen.

And, we're dying to hear from you, and will call you if you don't call us.

faviola_llervu June 5 2008, 07:18:00 UTC

I'm happy that you did what was good for you and didn't take something that you wouldn't be happy in. But I'm sad at the same time that it didn't work out.

chewie23 June 5 2008, 16:43:11 UTC

Thanks. This is almost exactly how we feel.