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Candidates...beware. After signing work agreement: 10 weeks without pay then job fell through.
Pros
Some of the people are nice.
Cons/Overview - Lost 10 weeks of my working life with nothing to show for it.
I first was approached by TekPartners for a job in the spring of 2016. The process went quickly. It started with a phone screen, then an onsite interview. I was called later that day with an offer for the job. I was clearly considered a great fit for the position.
I signed an "Employee Work Assignment" for the role June 17th which indicated a June 20th start date. Since then, I was informed of many delays for various reasons, but I never heard the role was in danger of not materializing. I acted with the mindset that the role would come to fruition for me any day. Who wouldn't? Then, seemingly out of no-where, I was informed the role was no longer available as of September 1st.
In that time I lost some things I'll never get back:
10 weeks (roughly 2 1/2 months) of...
- active job searching and networking. How could I mindfully apply for new jobs when I have an active contract?
- employment. This created a longer gap that I now needed to explain in future interviews.
- potential income. Very significant, as I'm a mid-career professional.
I understand things sometime fall through. However, what irks me the most, is that they said from the onset that they "encouraged me to keep active in the job search". They didn't...I understand why they didn't advise me to apply for other jobs because that'd probably feel very odd...encouraging someone to apply elsewhere when they've contracted with you.
I received nothing but that rude, unapologetic letter from them. What's pretty backwards is that if I was to successfully refer one person to TekPartners in my salary range I would've received $600 for a "gold tip tier" referral (I received an "employee email" about this August 30th)...but since I patiently waited for 10 weeks to start a job that I had signed an employment agreement for I got nothing but heartache, frustration, and financial loss.
I had completely forgot about this debacle and moved on...but then I got a tax document from them saying I had health insurance available to me during that time frame...really classy.
I'm writing this to warn you if you're looking into contracting with them. It may do you more harm than good.
Advice to management
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