El Mustachio
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2010
- Location
- Eastern Washington, USA
In 20 years of machining and engineering I've never worked under a contract with my employer, but signs on the horizon say that may change before long. If given the chance to negotiate some "perks" into your employment, what would you push for.
Things that have frustrated me in past jobs were lack of continued education / training, reluctance to invest in new tech, using old CAD/CAM off subscription or support, having to absorb unrelated positions / duties as time goes on without $$ changes, etc.
If given the chance, what type of things would you want to add to an employment contract:
personal tooling / software budget, guaranteed time & travel for trainings or trade shows, custom work schedule, ???
Thanks.
EDIT:
So it looks like I need to clarify. Yes, I do mean perks for the employee. Yes, I know salary means no OT. I've been salary for 10+ years, I've missed the OT some but it's all panned out in my case. This is new territory for me as well. For reasons of their own, a few employers have decided they'd like me to work for them instead of where I'm at. Besides pay, they're looking for ideas that would make working for them more attractive. So far I'm happy where I'm at, but I don't think the position will be around forever. What I'm asking is, if a company has decided they want you bad enough, outside of base pay what might you press for?
Things that have frustrated me in past jobs were lack of continued education / training, reluctance to invest in new tech, using old CAD/CAM off subscription or support, having to absorb unrelated positions / duties as time goes on without $$ changes, etc.
If given the chance, what type of things would you want to add to an employment contract:
personal tooling / software budget, guaranteed time & travel for trainings or trade shows, custom work schedule, ???
Thanks.
EDIT:
So it looks like I need to clarify. Yes, I do mean perks for the employee. Yes, I know salary means no OT. I've been salary for 10+ years, I've missed the OT some but it's all panned out in my case. This is new territory for me as well. For reasons of their own, a few employers have decided they'd like me to work for them instead of where I'm at. Besides pay, they're looking for ideas that would make working for them more attractive. So far I'm happy where I'm at, but I don't think the position will be around forever. What I'm asking is, if a company has decided they want you bad enough, outside of base pay what might you press for?