“Must live in the middle of nowhere. Must have a vehicle you will not be paid to maintain. Must provide your own medical insurance so we don’t have to provide it legally. Must give us $450 to start. Must be cool with making minimum wage for a minimum of 3 months. Probably forever. Good luck paying for rent, increased gas and maintenance on your car, and your own medical on minimum wage. I hope you die. Welcome to the family.”
If you want to hear something grim, in the US legally (at the federal level) your employer doesn’t even have to cover health insurance if it’s under 50 full-time employees.
I don’t get what employers have to do with your health insurance in the first place. Is this some weird way to keep you working at the threat of your healthcare being taken away?
The US is weird af
In Germany your employer usually needs to pay 50% of your health insurance, given you work over a certain hour per week threshold. I mean in the end it’s by convention and as employee you do not profit as a higher wage would be preferable. Historically grown, but not solely a US thing (even if not really comparable).
Do you also lose your healthcare insurance if you get fired, and also does your employer determine the insurer and coverage levels offered?
I am not sure if you are being cynical tbh. I was reacting to a comment stating it’s weird your employer plays a role in health insurance in US, my point was he does in Germany too.
Of course our social system is totally different. The tax payer will usually cover your insurance in case you lose your job. Coverage levels are not a thing, everybody has more or less the same level which is rather high compared to other countries. However there is private insurance for high earners and state employees that do not pay into the public fund, meaning we do have a two class system which is pretty unfair.
It’s a job at a Non-Profit Wolf Sanctuary in the mountains of Colorado, Pikes Peak to be specific.
three-month probationary basis
Stating this indicates they will never give you an ounce of trust, nor the benefit of the doubt in any situation.
Actually, it’s a common practice in many countries. Where I live, law mandates that both the employee and the employer can terminate the contract during the first three months, immediately, and without reason.
I’d bet that this is in the US, where at-will employment (either party may terminate) is generally universal and indefinite.
That sounds a lot closer to Canadian employment law, not US law. In most states, at-will employment is indefinitely 2-way. Employers are usually not required to give you any notice/reason/benefit beyond what is in the employment contract you sign. Conversely, employees have the same freedom. I’ve been at my job over ten years now and I could quit today with 0 notice or penalty. I don’t have to tell them why or where I’m going, just return my work equipment and collect a prorated final check. I could do a lot more damage to them than they could do to me and I like it that way.
Losing your job with 0 notice is catastrophic for most people. Especially when you have to hope your job offers severence out of the kindness of their heart
I hate when jobs make you pay a fee/deposit to essentially rent equipment from them and then tell you “Oh you’ll get it back if you return this in the same condition it was in when you got it.” because my brain is wired to think all companies will be scummy enough to keep the money if they find the most insignificant little scratch that can only be seen under a microscope.
here’s the link to the posting.
I am surprised this is in the USA, as I didn’t think it legal. (Of course, there are lots of job ads that do not conform to legally.)
I’m pretty certain that your standard car insurance would not cover you for using your vehicle to give tours, which is what it sounds like the job is.
A week and a half gross pay just to get the training and radio needed to do the job, they probably can’t figure out why nobody applied.
You cannot require employees to pay for mandatory work-related training.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/does-employer-pay-training.html