GAWildKat Posted March 13, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) It became official yesterday. Starting Monday, Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance has a new Programmer 1! Mike/ StormRaven earned a 29% raise, taking him from the salary he was earning to what takes effect next week. Other programmer 1s at GFB are currently making are making 20% less. I'll point out too, last yr he made $21k between Radioshack and GFB, the year before $14k at Radioshack, 2011 was his worst employment yr, made $5k at Radioshack. 2010 was spent on worker's comp so we don't count it. He is now the highest paid programmer 1 in GFB history. While it wasn't the pay he wanted, the directors over IT made it clear they want him to stay and want to earn his long term retention. No one could be more proud than me of what he has accomplished in the last four years. Especially since the wreck that almost left him with an unknown future after the head injury. His parents wrote him off as a failure years ago and now don't truly acknowledge how far he's come, especially since the wreck. This is the same guy a year ago was told by his DM @ Radioshack that he would not amount to anything. (Not that he listened.) Next step, college graduation on May 9th, 2 degrees, Computer Programming and Network Engineering. Guess GEICO didn't understand what they missed out on when they turned him down for employment. ...oh well. He loves his work environment @GFB. Edited March 13, 2014 by GAWildKat changed percentages and other edits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted March 13, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 13, 2014 Outstanding!!! :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakester Posted March 13, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 13, 2014 Great news!!! congrats!!!! Bill:cool10: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon_One Posted March 13, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 13, 2014 Awesome news Patricia. Congratulations to you and especially Mike for his hard work. That is a well deserved pay raise. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLenny Posted March 13, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 13, 2014 Awesome news! Sounds like you're so proud and thankful. Hope no other GFB Programmer 1's are reading this forum. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted March 13, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 13, 2014 Congrats, now we know who is buying on the 29th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted March 13, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2014 That's really great, now can you make it to Asheville? I kind of agree with Big Lenny, I don't think I would have posted any $$$ amounts, maybe %%%, instead. I have Farm Bureau and I don't want to have to complain when my premiums go up. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbran Posted March 13, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2014 Great job. Congrats Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted March 13, 2014 Share #9 Posted March 13, 2014 Ahh....gwasshoppah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrycuda Posted March 13, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 13, 2014 That's great to hear!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAWildKat Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted March 13, 2014 Other than Don and Patti's meet n eat in May all plans this year are up in the air. Asheville may be doable since Mike won't be back in college this fall. We want to do International this yr since it is so close to home, but waiting to see how things work out this summer. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted March 13, 2014 Share #12 Posted March 13, 2014 CONGRATS!!! From another that has had his noggin banged around more than his share!!! Sometime those husbands just don't understand..... They told my family after one incident that if I did wake up they would be spoon feeding me the rest of my short life. Tricked em again!!! Congrats Mike I had no doubt. We will make a Wrench out of you yet. You can keep the computers!:clap2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted March 13, 2014 Share #13 Posted March 13, 2014 WOW Kat,, THAT is awesome!! Congrats to you both!! I always stand in amazement at people like Mike who have have not only overcome great physical obstructions but have gone on and done great things in life - that hubby of yours is a keeper!! Tippy and I are proud of him and happy for the both you!! Puc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted March 13, 2014 Share #14 Posted March 13, 2014 Great news. Next step should be the CEO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2dad Posted March 13, 2014 Share #15 Posted March 13, 2014 Congrats to Mike and to you too Patricia for supporting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted March 13, 2014 Share #16 Posted March 13, 2014 Great to hear. I know he worked his butt off to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzuden Posted March 14, 2014 Share #17 Posted March 14, 2014 With that effort I suspect his journey is just beginning. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beltfed50 Posted March 14, 2014 Share #18 Posted March 14, 2014 That's awesome! People at work are a lot like fresh milk...just watch for a while, and the good stuff will come to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyR Posted March 14, 2014 Share #19 Posted March 14, 2014 yeah !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted March 14, 2014 Share #20 Posted March 14, 2014 Good news for sure! shows that Somebody is looking after you all in all aspects,,,, keep the faith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ediddy Posted March 14, 2014 Share #21 Posted March 14, 2014 Great news. It couldn't have happened to a better person. This lets you know Mike is a very qualified person to get a raise from Ga Farm Bureau. Just a couple of years ago they were almost broke. Not only could they not write new business but they had to get ride of existing business because they didn't have enough money in reserve to support the premim they had on the books. That's why they signed a contract with Progressive to sell auto insurance and Travlers and ASI to write homeowner insurance. They contracted with Foremost to sell mobile home insurance. Another suprise they got was settling the liability claim for the crematory they insured but the owner wasn't cremating the bodies. You might have seen this on the news. A friend of mine, a former farm bureau agent, knows the claims manager personally. There was a high level meeting with the executives and they asked the claims manager for his recommendation. He said we can settle this claim for 6 million and I recommend we do that and move on. The executives said no we are going to fight this. The claim was settled later for 93 million. This hurt the GA Farm Bureau. They should have never insured the crematory because they don't have the expertise for this kind of commercial account. This doesn't have anything to do with Mike but just wanted you all to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus1300 Posted March 14, 2014 Share #22 Posted March 14, 2014 Hi Patricia Congratulations to you and Mike. I know hard it can be to continue to support someone that everybody else has written off. When they finally make it just feels so good for all of you that you want to just bust out yelling and screaming and telling everyone. Sounds like life is starting to really open up for Mike and I hope all continues to go well.God bless you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoneman1981 Posted March 14, 2014 Share #23 Posted March 14, 2014 Congrats to you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRefugee Posted March 17, 2014 Share #24 Posted March 17, 2014 Way to go. I know it has been a tough road for ya'll and am glad to see that your perseverance is starting to pay off. To hear your story today comes at a great time for me. I needed inspiration today for a task I am trying to conquer. Your story has given me that needed inspiration. Ride Happy Ride Safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted March 17, 2014 Share #25 Posted March 17, 2014 Great news, way to go Mike!!!! Earl:clap2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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