Recent content by davidlt77

Here's the contents of the letter: We are pleased to inform you that after careful consideration, <employer> has decided to present you with a contingent offer of employment. We made this decision based on, in part, your fitness to work and your past performance. In our previous discussions...

What is the name of your state? Florida A consulting company e-mailed a contingent offer letter to me today, and they want me to sign it by tomorrow. If I sign it, am I legally bound to take the position? I'm not ready to do so yet because the offer letter is CONTINGENT, meaning they want to...

I know they have replacement insurance on the contents. I think this extends to the house, as well, but the element of concern is the contents. They're depreciating everything with the caveat that they will fully reimburse for any items that are bought again. For instance, if a computer was...

I don't know about the house itself. My understanding is that they have it for their belongings, though.

Cute. We're supposed to have our Blackberries with us all the time. I guess I could take it scuba diving. After that, I won't be getting any more calls. :)

I've been in IT for over ten years, and I've been on call most of the places I've worked, oftentimes working a lot of off-hours time. However, I've never worked anywhere that expects to own me 24x7 all the time. This is my first experience being an hourly employee rather than salaried, but the...

Additionally, even though I'm allowed to go shopping, etc., I am expected to drop everything and respond immediately, and I'm not allowed to leave the county to visit relatives, go to a theme park, etc. Is the answer still the same? As a comment to restriction #1 in my original post, I hardly...

Actually, I'm an hourly employee--not exempt. Does this change anything?

What is the name of your state? Alabama My in-laws house was gutted by fire, and they have replacement insurance, but the insurance company is depreciating all their belongings that were lost. Can they do this?

What is the name of your state? Florida I work in IT, and I'm paid hourly. On-call restrictions have gotten increasingly worse, and I've never experienced such restrictions in any other job. Following are my two situations: 1. Two of us perform the same task, and we have Blackberries for...