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Well, asked my boss if he had heard anything back from her. He said that he spoke to her and she said that she would review things, and was waiting for me to call back on Monday, so it doesn't sound like talking to him has really made a big difference. I think Monday is still going to be the same.

The interesting news is that a buddy, who just left because he wasn't happy and didn't think the perm money was going to be enough. After lunch he called and said that he should have an opening on Mon at the place where he just went. It will be engineering instead of operations (I've done both and probably actually prefer engineering. It is purely contract, so less secure, but would be more money than I'm currently making. I guess that would make it a bit easier to tell the woman, what my minimum is. I need to talk to the missus more about it to see what she thinks about the whole thing.

There are some non-monetary and/or long term benefits to the current job, 3 days off, 4 weeks of vaca a year, small pension (who in IT works anyplace long enough to get a pension??), etc...

Still, it's a tough decision.