Hi, Guest
02-10-2006, 12:17 PM
Well, it's time. After 5 years, I could be gettin the hell out of Dodge... err... Windsor.
We've been over the terms, and they're putting it in writing tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with most of it. The job looks good, company appears to be profitable, working conditions good. The salary is excellent. It's on par with what I'm making right now in the US, but I lose the car allowance. That's pretty good to make US type money in Canada. It's... at the 100% percentile for engineers who graduated at the same time as me and have achieved my responsibility level.
Vacation is good... well, in my second year I'd get 3 weeks plus Christmas week, plus 3 floater days, plus my birthday. One thing I don't like, in my first year, I had to fight for 1 week vacation. I guess they're old fashioned in that they generally don't give vacation until after your first year is past.
The main thing I'm unhappy about is there is zero relocation assistance. So, we're going to take it in the shorts on that. After paying realtor fees, we'll hopefully get out only what we put in, minus the sweat equity. :(
So, what's next... if I take it, I'm going to need to find a temporary place to live. Where do I look? Like, where to look for rentals?
We've been over the terms, and they're putting it in writing tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with most of it. The job looks good, company appears to be profitable, working conditions good. The salary is excellent. It's on par with what I'm making right now in the US, but I lose the car allowance. That's pretty good to make US type money in Canada. It's... at the 100% percentile for engineers who graduated at the same time as me and have achieved my responsibility level.
Vacation is good... well, in my second year I'd get 3 weeks plus Christmas week, plus 3 floater days, plus my birthday. One thing I don't like, in my first year, I had to fight for 1 week vacation. I guess they're old fashioned in that they generally don't give vacation until after your first year is past.
The main thing I'm unhappy about is there is zero relocation assistance. So, we're going to take it in the shorts on that. After paying realtor fees, we'll hopefully get out only what we put in, minus the sweat equity. :(
So, what's next... if I take it, I'm going to need to find a temporary place to live. Where do I look? Like, where to look for rentals?