At least with our carrier the company has to select a waiting period - it can be 0 or some other value, but we can’t change it at will. It has to be the same for all hires.
It’s also a one month minimum, so if we pick 0 as the waiting period and we fire a guy on day 2 (or more likely he just doesn’t show up) not only do we eat the cost of all the paperwork involved in signing them up, we also give them health insurance for a month. It’s possible to do a lot of damage to our claims record in a month. It’s cheaper for us to agree to pay the COBRA coverage fees for 90 days for a professional we want than to change the waiting period to 0 days. It’s something that we expect new hires to negotiate as part of the hiring process if they are concerned about it. Mark > On May 15, 2023, at 12:12 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > > And I would expect that when hiring or being hired as an experienced pro. I > wonder how many entry level burger flipping jobs come with insurance. > > I am sensitive to the needs of people with families. We can offer it earlier > if it is needed to seal a deal. > > > From: Zach Underwood <> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:01 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <> > Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com <> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Insurance > > When I looked at my current role there insurance did not kick in for 90 days, > I was paying $2k per month for private market insurance for my family of 4. I > pointed out their decision to not start insurance on day one would cost me > $6k and that would affect my decision to take the role. After a little more > pushing on them, they ended up giving me a 6k sign bonus to offset the 90 > days of private insurance. > > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:54 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com <>> > wrote: >> I got crap on a job listing for offering health insurance after 6 months. >> My opinion is that we hire untrained entry level people. They are young and >> poor. Young might mean healthy, poor does mean medicaid eligibility. If >> they are any good and have lasted 6 months then insurance is a nice thing to >> add along with PTO etc. We give raises twice a year guaranteed. >> >> Opinions? >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > My website <http://zachunderwood.me/> > advance-networking.com <http://advance-networking.com/> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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