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If you don't like your job - start looking right away. If you're lucky enough and find new one quickly - no nned to mention that job on you're resume going forward. I wouldn't even mention it on your...
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Sounds like your first job its only been a month unless you have lots of other experience I suggest sticking it out longer. Most your complaints are pretty common.
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1. Not uncommon for a defense contractor or a contractor in general to have crappy insurance. As time goes along these will become more prominent as universal health care starts to gain ground.
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Welcome to 95% of engineering jobs. At least the pay is good.
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Whatever you do, remember that there are always going to be better places and MUCH worse places than where you currently are. I guarantee it. Start the job search now and don't settle for as long as...
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1) Yeah. My friends at other companies all described their policies to me and our policy is expensive and bad. We have one option. They said it would be too expensive to maintain multiple options. ...
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Not every young person is healthy. I've been avoiding the doctor because only preventative care is covered under our policy.
I used to work at places where my bosses would actually care. They were...
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The advice I was given is that if it is very short, say 1-2 months, don't worry about it and if it comes up just tell them what happened. I suppose 6-12 months would be the time you put it on the...
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I think a lot of companies will be moving closer and closer to only offering HDHPs. 2 of the 4 plans offered by my company are HDHPs. The HDHP makes you become more aware of the services you...
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I suppose that is true. My managers were also complaining about the health care. (Which is another issue. Why do they need so many damn managers?)
So if so many people are unhappy, why do they...
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1) I have to say it is really hard to compare. You have to compare apples to apples, and Insurance companies make it tough. My company offers 4 different plans, and it is really hard to do an apple...
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I was wondering if I could get some advice about what to do about a job that just doesn't fit.
I was just hired over a month ago as an engineer at a major defense contractor and I don't think I...
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1) Do you have anything to compare this too? Is it really bad, or is it just the same as everyone else's health care plan. Also do you have the same plan as your co-workers? Usually large...
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I had a very similar situation. I put up with it for 2 months and then got another job and quit. I explain this blemish on my resume truthfully. It was not a good fit for me.
But, this sounds...
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After I graduated from college. I got a job at a consulting company that contracts with Microsoft. They labeled me as a Software Engineer, let me worked at Microsoft campus... I ended up doing...
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I'm not a woman. I think the big issue is that I'd have to sell my house at a loss, but I think it's worth it at this point.
Btw. How come someone on this other website copied my post? Lol. ...
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So you suggest that on his resume to intentionally omit his most recent job history, and on his job history to list it? That sounds like a bad idea. Also, depending on how big the time gap is they...
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yea start looking and decide once you have a offer in hand, no point laboring over what to do until that point
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I'm not talking about lying. Resume is different from employement history.
I won't put it in my resume - there is no reason to draw attention to that job. Like I do not put my first job as a...
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Unfortunately, all of these things sound like most jobs, especially items 4-6.
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I say start looking but at the same time be a little more open minded about it and give it a chance
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I wouldn't omit it from your resume. They will ask your previous employers and if you don't tell them then get promoted in a year and have to reinterview and someone you work with now works at the...
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I am not suggesting anything, just sharing my personal experience.
Looking for a job just right after you started - bad idea to begin with, so there is no win/win solution anyway. But sometimes you...
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1) Horrible health care plan- All my coworkers constantly complain how nothing is covered and how all their claims are randomly denied.
That's pretty much everyplace now.
