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Originally Posted by Traum
Good luck with the interview, Bic Baws.
If you do get the job, don't get your hopes up in the association's ability to have some political influence / lobbying. Whether the association has that sway heavily depends on how valuable the government views that sector as. In my wife's case, her sector was obviously deemed to be pretty unimportant as the provincial gov has not increased their fees for 10+ years. And when they finally did somewhat recently, it was something like an extra 25¢ per eligible client.
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I think the first call went really well. I briefly discussed some of the ideas that I had to add value to the organization and her face lit up LOL. The nice part was that I didn't really have to "tell her about myself" but instead tell her about the how I can maximize opportunities which is ultimately the cusp of what I do everyday. The total amount of interviews is two, with the next one likely being next week.
The only big red flag right now is that a lot of expenses are paid out of pocket to be reimbursed later. I don't really have the cash flow to do that. And that they haven't figured out a salary range yet. So I didn't give my expectations because I don't want to shoot myself in the foot. That said, I got a follow up email 4 hrs after the interview asking to schedule in a quick call for tmr around 6AM, likely to discuss salary range. I'm pretty concerned about being offered sub 60K since while I like the idea of this job, I won't be able to afford the pay cut.
Aside from salary, everything else looks decent?
I still don't love the idea for banked hours instead of OT tho. While it's not expected, I should probably ask if it's banked at 1.5 or 1:1.
It's 3 weeks of vacation + 2 weeks christmas. Extended health (only at 50% coverage tho), 8 sick days (instead of the standard 5), federal gov stat days, and 35 hour work weeks.
I also don't love the idea of using my personal devices as work devices (ie. cell phone) but they pay $130/mo for home office expenses. Tbh I'd rather them provide me a laptop and a cell phone and I'd just write off home office expenses instead.
Travel comp is per federally standards - accom at < $200/night, per diem, mileage at CRA rates.
Other expenses to meet clients or what not is reimbursed every month + one week, but I don't have the cash flow for this LOL. Would be nice to churn some cards tho.