By God's grace, I just got a full time job offer, and my future boss wants to discuss the details of my employment. What should I be aware of and what are my rights as an employee? Besides my salary, start date, and added benefits, are there any other areas of concern that I should address with her?
2006-11-26 16:05:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
While these things should have been covered in the previous interview, you should nail down the following:
1. Illness policy. Bring in actual doctors note or just don't spread your germs around?
2. Holiday policy. Does it roll over? Can you book half days? Is it first-come-first-served on popular holiday is your someone needs to man the department every day?
3. Flexi-time? Believe in official hours or can you come in a few hours early and leave a few hours early?
4. KPIs. What will be your benchmarks to measure your performance? What are the weightings and how does the review work?
5. What is her prefered form of communication? Open door? Leave an e-mail?
6. Is there an in-house mentor that she wouldn't mind recommending to tell some things in case of some very basic questions so you're not bugging her to know where the bathroom is, where you can get a new pen and what time the parking lot closes.
7. Her top priorities. Remember, it's your job to make sure she looks good.
8. If you are in a large company, some other people in HR she could recommend you go see to teach you the ropes on benefits (e.g. time sheets, expenses, 401k, dental benefits).
9. Make sure you get an employment contract. Your rights - or lack thereof - should be detailed in the contract. These days, you are likely to be an "at will" employee, which means that you can quit at any time and you can be let go for any reason. Make sure that the terms match what you had been previously been discussing.
10. Expectations for overtime/travel.
That's pretty much it.
2006-11-26 16:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by csanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!
I dont know what type of job this will be, so this is general stuff and some may or may not apply.
Try to discuss all job duties expected, if there are any quotas that must be met and how often.
Ask about raises, and what must be done to advance in your position or company. Hopefully you can be shown the work environment and meet some co-workers. Its always important to feel comfortable with the people you will be around all day long.
All of the above will help you get a feel for how easy or hard the road ahead will be or how serious or long term you will take this company/job.
Other mundane stuff...when and how breaks are taken & any restrictions on leaving the building during those times, getting time off, how far in advance notice needs to be given for vacations, if you have to find your own replacement on a sick or off day.
Dress code, where to park, cell phone policies...hmmmm to name a few!
2006-11-26 16:24:41 · answer #2 · answered by Lauren X 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a degree in biology why not try the medical insurance industry. There are ads all the time for insurance sales trainees. You could also look into another sales job like car sales. You need to call the temp agency every Tuesday to see if they have anything for you. You can also vist the local Cleveland dept of labor or job service. Good luck I went through the same thing a few years back.. Got real scary for a while.
2016-05-23 07:43:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats, B!
It sounds like you have everything covered.
2006-11-26 16:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just relax, do what u should do
2006-11-26 16:17:10 · answer #5 · answered by Chienu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋