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A recruiter called me this morning to say the company was hiring somebody else for the temporary technician job (that would be a long commute for me.) It wasn't clear if my commitment to stay for a 6-month contract was not convincing, or of they wanted somebody who wasn't so overqualified, that might be willing to stay with that level of job, indefinitely. Another factor was that they could get the other candidate for less money. That doesn't seem quite right, as my only discussion of salary was with the recruiter (who works for an independent contract agency, not the hiring company.)
Recruiter: What hourly rate do you want?
Adrian: I can be pretty flexible. Do you know how much they're offering?
Recruiter: [number]
Adrian: Wow. Are you sure?
Recruiter: Lemme check. Just a minute. [pause] Yeah. [same number] Is that ok?
Adrian: Yeah, I can work with that.
So, I could work with it, but it turns out they couldn't. Something about the process makes me feel cheated, but the end result with me not having to do the long commute for 6 months may be some kind of win.
( health insurance difficulties )
I thought I'd grab my tax return, my driving license, and my passport*, and catch the next bus. I finished my taxes a few days ago, and all the documents were right where I remembered putting them. The problem was that I couldn't find my passport. Or my social security card, for that matter. They're probably together. I brought them both to work, to show HR in the middle of December. I don't remember where I put them after that. I've been turning the apartment upside down in search of them. This is really scary. I thought I only needed to find somebody to offer me a job, and to find the money to pay for health insurance. What could I do with either one without proof of citizenship**?
*My passport expired in November, but I haven't renewed it. I didn't want to send the old one off to the State Department and be without it for 2 months when I might need the proof of citizenship to start a new job.
**Proof of legal residency would probably be ok, if I were a citizen of someplace else. But as I AM a US citizen, not just a US taxpayer, I need to prove it.
Recruiter: What hourly rate do you want?
Adrian: I can be pretty flexible. Do you know how much they're offering?
Recruiter: [number]
Adrian: Wow. Are you sure?
Recruiter: Lemme check. Just a minute. [pause] Yeah. [same number] Is that ok?
Adrian: Yeah, I can work with that.
So, I could work with it, but it turns out they couldn't. Something about the process makes me feel cheated, but the end result with me not having to do the long commute for 6 months may be some kind of win.
( health insurance difficulties )
I thought I'd grab my tax return, my driving license, and my passport*, and catch the next bus. I finished my taxes a few days ago, and all the documents were right where I remembered putting them. The problem was that I couldn't find my passport. Or my social security card, for that matter. They're probably together. I brought them both to work, to show HR in the middle of December. I don't remember where I put them after that. I've been turning the apartment upside down in search of them. This is really scary. I thought I only needed to find somebody to offer me a job, and to find the money to pay for health insurance. What could I do with either one without proof of citizenship**?
*My passport expired in November, but I haven't renewed it. I didn't want to send the old one off to the State Department and be without it for 2 months when I might need the proof of citizenship to start a new job.
**Proof of legal residency would probably be ok, if I were a citizen of someplace else. But as I AM a US citizen, not just a US taxpayer, I need to prove it.
