Promotion!

Finally, after over two and a half years with my current employer, I am getting promoted. There is a slight, very slight, pay increase that comes along with the promotion, but mostly this promotion is important to me because it makes me feel like my company values me as an employee. I have always felt they did, but the promotion helps to further confirm that feeling. My title did not change much; I just dropped the word "Associate" from the beginning of my title. In fact, I dropped the "Associate" from my title in both my email signature and from my business cards last summer when my company changed its logo, necessitating the ordering of new business cards at that time.