What to expect from an employer
Dec 6th 2020, 11:56 am
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Are the majority of your customers in the UK, private individuals and/or small holding type of customers?
Hydroponics,(which is a method of growing plants, usually crops, without soil) while a growing market with the 'green movement' is not widely used on a large commercial basis.
You say you manufacture the product. Would you be doing this in the US or bringing in the product from your current manufacturer?
Hydroponics,(which is a method of growing plants, usually crops, without soil) while a growing market with the 'green movement' is not widely used on a large commercial basis.
You say you manufacture the product. Would you be doing this in the US or bringing in the product from your current manufacturer?
We have parts for the systems manufactured all over the world - China, UK, Italy, Greece etc. and then we bring them all together in our warehouse. So I wont be manufacturing anything in the US but I'll be taking all those parts that are manufactured elsewhere, putting them together in our US warehouse and then shipping them out around the US. I hope that makes sense?
Dec 6th 2020, 12:17 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Hydroponics is big business in Colorado, commercial and private.
Dec 7th 2020, 9:49 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Update on the situation:
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
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Dec 7th 2020, 9:53 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Not sure about your Maths, did they mention a relocation package?
Dec 7th 2020, 9:55 pm
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Hate to be negative, but straight into the poor house, as you smartly deduced! There is no way you could support yourself on that salary. It would barely play for a nice apartment in a decent area.
Sorry it ddi not work out for you. Your boss is not being at all realistic.
Sorry it ddi not work out for you. Your boss is not being at all realistic.
Dec 7th 2020, 9:59 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Perhaps they have changed their mind and this is a get out?
Dec 7th 2020, 11:02 pm
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Hate to be negative, but straight into the poor house, as you smartly deduced! There is no way you could support yourself on that salary. It would barely play for a nice apartment in a decent area.
Sorry it ddi not work out for you. Your boss is not being at all realistic.
Sorry it ddi not work out for you. Your boss is not being at all realistic.
Dec 7th 2020, 11:19 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Update on the situation:
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
It sounds as though they're just telling you to 'go forth and multiply'! Sorry, but I wouldn't touch the job with a barge pole.
Dec 7th 2020, 11:24 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Update on the situation:
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
Had a chat with the boss today and was told my starting salary would be around $40,000 and a company car...no medical or any other benefits to be given. It's safe to say I won't be gracing the country with my presence.
How far do you guys think $40,000 would get me?! That's $2700 a month...
Don't you get on with your sister....?
Dec 8th 2020, 12:51 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Wow.... something tells me that that isn't anywhere near prevailing wage anyway.
Dec 8th 2020, 2:59 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
Wonder if they just converted your salary in sterling into dollars and then thought chucking in a company car would be enough as a sweetener.
Totally naive on their part.
Totally naive on their part.
Dec 8th 2020, 3:50 pm
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Re: What to expect from an employer
As above OP, I can't see how you'd even get a visa on that wage, it's far too low. It would be low even with a relocation package, and a good medical/dental package. Go back to your sister and suggest she does some research on comparable salaries and the cost of living in the US, and then comes back to you with a more realistic figure.