Antici - pay - ay - tion

I'm waiting on the next piece of information to add to the document I'm helping write. I've written the front part and I just need the cross reference pieces. All of this part of a proposal we're writing to try to get some more work. If you've been reading along, and you've had plenty of time to catch up, we lost the competition to do our jobs for the next three years. This may all be moot because I think I am going to get an offer from another company. I may not need to worry about the outcome of this proposal work. Since I'm being paid to do it, and because I have coworkers and friends who are depending on this, I still feel an obligation to do my best. I do take SOME pride in my work, even if this isn't my strong point.

So, about this other potential job. It looks like the evil empire will be making me an offer. They basically said so last week when I called to make sure they had received my application. I got a phone call from them today, asking for an electronic copy of my resume. I figure they are making sure their client will accept me before they actually make me the offer. I'm fairly confident the client will be okay with me. I've done work for them before and they liked me.
This may be trouble for the new company, though. I think they are under the gun to get their staff lined up. I would think they would want to make sure they can hire me before they make any commitments to their customers. I might have a much better negotiating position if they really, really, REALLY need me.

Yeah baby, Cha-ching$$$

What should I ask for?

• Stock options?


• A condo in Hawaii?


• Twelve weeks of vacation per year?


• Maybe I'll just have to settle for a "goat load" (inside joke, sorry) of cash.


• Can you say Porsche?

It sure will be nice to get this settled.