Small update

Well... It's not really good news... but also not really all the way bad. Hmmm. So we got offered the mortgage that we want, with everything we need and stuff, BUT the bank is asking for a letter from our employers that states that our contracts will become permanent after a while. Problem is, whearas in any dutch company they have to write that kind of letter, the UN and the EPO are legally forbidden to write such a letter. There's the dilema.
I WILL get a permanent contract, maybe even as soon as January 2006, but if we get rejected now, we'll lose the house and then we won't need a mortgage in 2006. It won't be of any use. So we don't really know what to do. I asked my personel department if they could do anything at all, and they'll try and figure something out more or less. So I don't know. The Tribunal however does not even give any permanent contracts, since that is legally impossible. Angel got a letter saying something about that and that her contracts keep getting renewed, also in the future... so I don't know if that would be enough. Man, it sucks big time. If only we could talk to the bank personally and explain the situation. In the end any person can get fired just like that, if they screw up or if the company goes bankrupt, which does happen quite alot lately, so I don't really get why the bank makes it so difficult for us, especially since I have a very secure job in an industry that just keeps growing and growing exponentially. If any job is safe, it's here. Crap. Really, we're clawing at straws now and we need to know for sure, one way or the other in less than 2 weeks. This does wonders to my heart I'm telling ya, and nogood wonders that is... dammit.