Adam, When I have switched jobs before, as long as he was covered under a healthcare plan for the last 12 months, there are no issues with coverage for a 'pre-existing condition'.
On 10/3/06, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, your comments on health insurance are just the kind of thing I'm > looking for. > > For instance, I don't know how it works when an employee's family member > has a pre-existing condition. How is it handled when you have a child with > a legitimate need for continuing therapy? Does the employer just contribute > the same amount to your insurance as it does to the other employees' > insurance and you contribute your portion as a much larger amount because of > the pre-existing condition, or what? I hope that isn't too intrusive a > question; please forgive me if it is. > > I hope your son is doing well in physical therapy, Scott. I met a bunch > of physical therapists a few years back and saw just how much good they can > do for people. > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Stroz > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: Employee compensation > > > I know you don't want to hear this, but, it depends. > > it depends on a lot factors. For me health benefits would be a major > factor. I have a son with cerebral palsy and he needs physical therapy > twice a week. For others I work with, they could care less about health > insurance. > > On 10/3/06, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > For some reason the topic of employee compensation keeps coming up > > recently in personal conversations, and my last experience with it was > > twenty years ago in our family's previous business, so I'm terribly > out of > > date on the subject. > > > > What would you say is a good compensation package -- salary, benefits, > > etc? The hypothetical person being compensated would be talented in > the > > technologies s/he is currently using, wanting to learn exciting new > > technologies, blah blah blah -- typical headhunter BS description. > > > > Before you fire back with "Eight million dollars, company car, etc, > etc," > > I'm looking for serious answers -- if I can get them from you guys > ;) I > > could really use some perspective. > > > > Also, what are the intangibles you find most important in companies > that > > are hiring? Some of the people I've been talking with left a previous > job > > because of things that I would normally find trivial compared to > employment > > as a whole, but then again I wasn't there. > > > > One thing I've heard from lots of people I've talked to is how > violated > > they feel when they are forced to take drug tests or the like. And > things > > like background checks for credit or criminal history. I know there > are > > fields where things like this are considered necessary, but I'm > narrowing > > the scope to our industry because it's the only one I'm familiar with. > > > > Any feedback you guys can give me would be appreciated. I don't know > why > > this is so much in my mind, but when it gets like this I have to go > all the > > way through a subject before I'm done with it. > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
