Currently questioning whether I have missed a step in the paperwork marathon and mildly panicking. If the DESY international office doesn't get back to me tomorrow I'm just going to show up to their office and stay there until someone gives me a clear answer. Because otherwise my panic will exceed mild.
For context, there have been three separate delays of >1 month in formally hiring me as a postdoc due to error and/or inaction on the part of an admin here. I've been on short-term contracts and officially self-employed through December, and straight up unemployed since January. I've had my paperwork in order, including visa, since November. I don't know what I'm going to do if there's another major delay. The uncertainty has been incredibly stressful.