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How Do You 'Vet' an Employer?
Not-to-desperate asks: "There is lots of info around on interviewing when hiring but what about the other way around? What do you look for in an employer? Are the any 'minimum requirements' that should be met? Obviously if you haven't got a job at all, getting hired is the main criteria, but what if you're jumping ship so to speak? I'm thinking of stuff like better salary, work conditions, type of projects, possibility of on the job training, and so on."
What's wrong with the West?
Is this far enough east for you?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Ahhh. So the real purpose of this interview is to try and get free plane tickets to Mumbai....
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I haven't looked around for a job in about 5 years, but when I was it seemed like all the cool companies were giving tons of stock options preceding their IPOs. That and they had fooseball. FOOSEBALL!! How cool is that? Oh and the coolest companies let you have nerf weapons and have nerf battles all day long. They also have vending machines where everything is free to the employees and everyone gets a very expensive comfortable leather chair. If I was in the market for a job these would definitely be on my list of top priorities. I presume everyone telecommutes these days as well and works out of a home office. Also, insist on a company car. Don't go all fancy on them asking for a Mercedes or BMW, but a sensible American or Japanese car is not out of the question.
was after I foundout who I was replacing. We had worked together about 10 months earlier at another employer. He called me later that night and told me why he was leaving and to tell me not to take that job.
The big thing is to get a feel for whether or not the company is even going to be ther elong term.
In 2000, I was sent to a site as a consultant. Within a few weeks it became really apparent how screwed up they were. I got out of there while I could control the exit. A year later, they laid off over 2000 people (which accounted for more than the entire rest of the IT staffs in the rest of the city). Three years later, adn the IT in the area still isn't back up to what it was.
"So, um, you're actually gonna pay me to work here?"
"Cool! I'll take it!"
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