Lot's of things to reply to so let's take this one by one.
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Originally Posted by charlygal
Stop looking to blame someone else for a choice you will make.
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When did I blame anybody for anything? I've always said this is more my ego at play than anything. I've only blamed myself. I do feel that companies are taking advantage of workers these days by lowering wages and not investing in talent. I personally feel that's the truth. Otherwise I think this is a bad assessment of what I wrote. Thanks for the constructive input though.
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Originally Posted by YaFace
Tell your friends who are suing the former employer good freaking luck. That is usually the first thing they look for on a background check.
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The reason she is in court is a response to things she has done to the employees, and they are protecting themselves. She is in two court cases with former employees because of slander. She is (actually was, because that case is now over) in the third court proceedings with a former employee because she tried to say that this person was not laid off . . . when they 100% were. I had to act as a witness in this case. That case was ruled in favor of the employee.
It takes a special type of person to try and take away your unemployment benefits.
One of these people retired, and the other two are now employed again, one of them landed a job with a higher title.
So they do not need any luck, but thanks for the advice.
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Originally Posted by Suncc49
Why did you have to cash out your retirement to live for a few months without a job??!
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This assumes that I know I would only be unemployed for a "relatively" short time . . . I had no idea how long I would be out of the game. I also stated that I did not cash out the FULL AMOUNT of my retirement. I cashed out a partial amount, and I still have the rest, a pension, and come to think of it, I have another 401k from a previous job.
Right now I am left with 7,000 in the bank. I had to pay rent for a while and all expenses until my friend said I could crash at his place.
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Originally Posted by War Beagle
Bingo. This particular job offer is the least of the poster's problems.
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Lol. See above. Or, people can keep assuming I do not know how to handle money. I've had a retirement account since I was 19 years old. Can everyone say the same? The largest part of my problem was working in an emotionally violent environment. I've never had a job where I've had to work so hard to remain healthy in body and mind. I've worked in Trauma 1 hospitals for the majority of my career. I'm used to handling stress. This type of work environment even I could not handle . . . and obviously most of my peers could not as well.
So that was my "major problem". A retirement account meant nothing to me at that point of my life. I have no regrets.
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Originally Posted by ieee488
Which is odd because she wrote that she had $20K in the bank.
Cash out 401K only if absolutely necessary = $0 in the bank. Not before.
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I am a man.
I cashed out a partial amount because I had to. I do live in Boston which is very expensive. 20k may take you far in Phoenix Arizona (I used to live there), but it will go fast in other areas.
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Originally Posted by goodlife36
$20,000 is not a lot of money when you do not have any money coming in.
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Bingo.
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Originally Posted by Smooth23
If you didn't want a pay cut, you shouldn't have quit.
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Silly statement. This isn't about the pay cut. As I said, this is about the fact that I'm being low balled, because that's what they can get away with. They aren't investing in an employee. They're taking advantage. Money has VERY little to do with this.
If I was working a job that made 10 dollars an hour but I felt I was being paid fairly against my peers, then I would be happy with that wage. This is about principle.
But to say "you shouldn't have quit". Well I definitely should have. I ended up having to see a psychologist because of this job as I was suffering from a severe depression at the end of my career there. I was told that my depression was not due to a chemical imbalance, but due to failure to thrive in a hostile work environment. The suggestion I was given by my primary care physician and my therapist was to leave my position.
I could have used this information to apply for unemployment, leaving work due to health reasons. Why didn't I ? Look at the information I stated above. All those court cases . . . all that drama . . . and the biggest thing. I would have potentially lost some VERY VERY good references at a job I was at for 5 years, and I am fairly young. I had to make a choice. Apply for unemployment. Or do this on my own and keep a good reference. This hospital I worked for is one of the best in the WORLD . . . (yes world . . . not just the USA).
If we're thinking as far as investment, there was a reason I did the things that I did. Nothing in this world is black and white.
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Originally Posted by jaypee
"THere's not a lot of work in my field at the moment."
Supply and demand, dude, not lowball.
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Fair enough. Simple enough. However, I am in contact with two managers who are my references in the field (working at other hospitals obviously), and when I discussed with them what I should be expecting, they both said "Around 35 an hour" and they both stated they pay 33-37 an hour for techs. My own research on glass door shows 33.5-36.00 an hour.
So taking the research into consideration, and not just the assumption of supply and demand, but basing my salary requirements on market value . . .
I was lowballed.
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Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker
In addtion, what are you offering that warrants a higher salary or better benefits? Do you possess extra skills or abilitities that no one else has that the employer NEEDS or WANTS ?
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Extremely good question, and I do have an answer for this. I didnt want to include this in my original post for fear that maybe employers read this board. I know, paranoia . . . but I mean the way things are these days. Anyway I work in a VERY niche field of medical imaging. There are probably only maybe . . . 150 people in the USA that do what I did as a career. (no I'm not talking about Cat Scan obviously).
I am a 3D Imaging Technologist. I have been for the past 6 years. I've taken a position in Cat Scan, because there are not many jobs in 3D. It's a pretty rare thing. That said, the position I interviewed for asked me if I could teach them how to do 3Ds so they can stop sending out their scans for reformats. I told them I would be more than willing to.
So now I'm working as a CT Tech, but I'm also starting to be somewhat of a consultant. They want me to teach their staff and their doctors how to do something they currently cannot do . . and something they SPEND MONEY ON. So if I teach them how to do things, they will be able to stop sending out scans, and they will be spending LESS money. A LOT less money.
When I wrote my counter offer, I said that I hoped this would be reflected in my pay.
It hasn't.
I've come to accept that.
"Do you possess extra skills or abilities that no one else has?"
Yes. Yes I do.
Thanks for the replies.