Javier's First Day

Today is Javier's first day of work at his new job Delta Dental! Yay! I hope he has a great day and is happy with his new job.

Not so fun facts:

• Javier got fired through no fault of his own. Unless, of course, you count him not becoming best buddies with his woman boss his fault. She was a real pain in the neck and I'm glad to be rid of her.


• We filed for unemployment immediately and after 7 weeks, have yet to see one penny that Javier's hard earned paychecks paid into. Ugh...


• After we waited at the DES office together for 6 hours on a "standby appointment", we were approved for AHCCCS and Food Stamps, which helped ease our stress somewhat. Therefore, we were never without medical insurance.


• Javier initially applied to 8 qualified employers and only got called back by Aflac, who then wanted him to pay $350 to get his insurance sales license and work on strictly commission. He decided not to take this job since there wasn't a guaranteed paycheck.

• Then, he applied to another 12 qualified employers and didn't get called back. Needless to say, Javier was frustrated.



• After a few days of not getting any call backs, he decided he had to apply to anyone who would hire him. So, he applied to places close to home like Macy's at the Biltmore, Safeway, Fry's etc.



• All together he send out nearly 30 applications, all via the internet, which is how everyone prefers it these days. I remember the days when you would apply in person and sometimes get an interview on the spot and sometimes get hired on the spot too. Ahh, the old days!


• He was hired by Safeway on a Tuesday and scheduled to go through training on the following Tuesday.


• That same afternoon, he received a phone call from a gentleman from Delta Dental, who Javier knows through working together when Javier worked for The Segal Company (2004-2005). Although, this gentleman (whose name escapes me currently) had interviewed several worth candidates, he was holding off on hiring anyone until he interviewed Javier.


• Javier went to the "interview" on Friday (only 3 days after he was hired at Safeway), which was breakfast at the The Good Egg with his aquantance and was hired on the spot.


• Apparently the National Consultant from The Segal Company told the man from Delta Dental that Javier is "very smart, competent and hard working. It would be in your company's best interest to hire him on the spot". That man deserves a Thank You card in the least.


• Can you believe that after 30 applications and basically no calls for 6 weeks, Javier gets 2 jobs in 1 week?!


• Although Javier did have to take a bit of a pay cut and there is a 3 month waiting period for benefits, it's a job that Javier will excel at and it won't create any stress or long hours.


• His title is Large Account Manager, which should be a walk in the park for Javier.


• We feel very blessed to have Javier working again. We loved having him home...he is such a great helper (he helped to clean the house, do laundry, cook, etc) and it was nice to spend a lot of quality time with him. I know that Javier feels his position in this family is to provide and without a job he felt a little lost. There has definitely been a little extra hop in his step lately and I don't doubt it's due to him feeling happy about his position in our family, once again!