You got the job offer, you are so excited. But did you really get the job offer?

Companies that are on the up and up will always, not sometimes but always do the following:
Send you a job offer, and what is included in that letter is Critical;. Keep that letter, make copies. Hopefully, you will not need to point anything out that is not being done.

Job offers can vary but they should at a minimum have the following information.

Start date, also include that it is only if all background checks come back clean. They will state what background checks are needed could be a drug, criminal, financial.
Here often is where the job offer letter will state is the job full time, part time, commission, bonus, flex starting time. Start time, stop time.
Also typically in job offer letters, they will ask for a signed copy of the letter to be returned within a certain date, so they know you accepted the job. Many want letter returned by email, fax, or mail even if you call on the phone and accept.

The letter should contain the exact Job Position Title. The exact dollar amount, state are you hourly or salaried, are you exempt or non-exempt. This is critical because it all goes to are you able to claim OT or not. Will state if there is a probationary period and how long it is.

It also should state what your job position entails, giving quite a bit of detail. Now it will not cover everything and most likely will say something to the effect that management has the right to require the employee to work on additional projects as needed etc..

Should list what benefits you are eligible for and what the waiting period is before you can have them.

If you are getting a verbal offer for a company, that does not follow or says they do not do job offers in writing BE Very Careful. Because when it comes down to it. You have no documentation to back you up if there is an issue. The job offer letter protects both the company and the employee. Yes, even with most companies being at will.

Good Luck Everyone!

So I felt better from my sickness meaning asthma last week and then I emailed my employer to let him know that I would be ready to come back to work this week and tells me no wait until next week or beyond. I'm trying to make ends meet, I'm not trying to be lazy/sorry plus I had always been a hard, smart worker. Plus I'm not trying to depend on anybody else for income. Knowing my employer he's trying to cut my hours down because of the recent sickness or he's trying to find a way to get rid of me. Some people who worked there didn't let him know when they would come to work or even wanted to come back
. At least I try to make effort to try to work there no matter what.

For most of my career, I was a transportation specialist. The road took away from me more than it ever gave back in terms of my health. I never slept right ate right or got enough exercise. I developed type two diabetes and suffer from arthritis, however over the past several years I have made considerable strides and am considering entering the job market but so far have been unsuccessful. I am a self-starter, relatively intelligent, honest and dependable.

Current List of Employers as of 6/3/20

1. Boston University
2. Building Pathways
3. People Ready
4. Wegmans
5. United States Postal Service
6. Justice Research Institute
7. CVS
8. Bank of America
9. Eastern Bank
10. Boston Medical Center Healthnet
11. Federal Home Loan Bank
12. WBZ TV 4
13. Eversource
14. Keolis
15. Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
16. Amazon
17. Apple
18. Encore Boston Harbor Casino
19. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
20. Eliot Community Human Services
21. Boston Water & Sewer
22. Judge Rotenberg Educational Center
23. City of Boston
24. Mass Hires
25. Boston Plan for Excellence
26. Bay Cove
27. US Census
28. Commonwealth of Mass
29. Suffolk County Sherriff Office
30. Citizens Bank
31. Enterprise Rental Car
32. Chestnut Hill Realty
33. Match Education
34. Museum of Fine Arts
35. Comcast
36. Starbucks
37. Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
38. East Boston Savings Bank
39. Reebok
40. Children's Hospital
41. Partners Healthcare
42. Harvard University
43. Rafael Hernández School
44. WeWorks

I had got hurt after working a 10 hour day shift for this company, after the shift was over,I went home and worked on my stuff when I had got hurt! I was told I had to take time off do to medication { painpills}, I begged them not to let me take the time off, but rules are rules. So I had the lady from human resources repeat 3 times out loud infront of a union rep for the company saying I still get my job back with doctors report..the time went bye, had doctors paper work with 100% able to work back again...i HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM.....N0w 6 months later, I was told that I HAD NO JOB and, that I i worked there to many times. IT was there idea that I TAKE THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE, I BEGGED NOT TO. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME IS THERE ANY THING I CAN DO I LOVED THAT JOB VERY MUCH....... SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!

I am a retired LPN And was taught empathy and sympathy by old school nurse instructor. This made me realize how to care for people and not care about how much I made on a paycheck. I used to get so angry with staff that half did their work. When they complained about my job description a supervisor I would tell them I could do your job my job so I ca when they complained about my job description a supervisor I would tell them I could do your job,help you do your job, chart, pass meds, do my treatments, talk to physicians, make rounds every 2 hours and still leave on time with everything done right and nothing left for the oncoming nurse to do. Then you have the nerve to say I don’t do nothing gets the more letters behind your name is other than CNA then you could say something.

Well I was working for this company that got bought out by another company 3 months after I started working there . Well the new company sat and watched us employees for at least a month before they took over , they approached us to see if we wanted to stay. Well I took the job , well 21/2 months after working with the new company and at the end of my day they come too me and tell me I can no longer come to work till I bring in a Dr. note due to I had surgery on my right shoulder over a yr ago and I have limited reach with right arm , so as of that day I haven’t been able to return to work. Due to I have no insurance to go get Dr. note so I contacted corporate and still awaiting a answer to see if I can go back due to I told new boss of new company as of Day one I had issues with reaching up. So not sure what the out come is but it’s going on 2nd week and no answer . Not sure if there’s something I can do with this situation???? At a loss and now I won’t get a check well being left in the dark not knowing if I have a job or not . Won’t be able to pay my rent or my bills So frustrating. What can I do????

I am a industrial maintenance technician, and have been doing this for almost 7 years. I have been fighting myself with faceing the fact that I love what I do but my body is starting to feel the pain that comes with the job. I have recently been looking into becoming a maintenance planner and going to school to get my certification for planning. My issue is paying for it and trying to switch from being a tech to a planner. I feel like it might be to risky. What should I do. I don't want to leave the field I love and worked so hard to be in but my body is just wearing down after two kids and doing this for so long.