You are right in general, and you know it does not work that way. I disagree. Sorry! Two friends of my are excellent programmers, but the problem is that companies are hiring to clean up their messes (1), they do not know what kind of agreements they had with some dishonest consulting companies -- even though it is legal -- (2) and once they figure out that they cannot even change the CUS or USR layer even allowed because of the modification done with VAR layer and plus the consulting companies do not like them to change it since they want to do the job which is the money source for them. Why shouldn’t they? In addition, the consulting companies regulate it. Mentioned earlier, any company tries to hire an AX person (technical or functional even architect), the person hired is at the mercy of that consulting firm who did their work. That is the bottom line… Please be aware and do the following negotiations: 1. Do not buy or believe the THREE (3) MONTHS of proportion period. It is almost a gimmick, unless you are part of the consulting firm who did installations/mods etc and/or they know you. 2. Make sure that get your HEALTH BENEFITS and 401K when you start (at start) working for the company. This is very important because the companies for the health benefits and 401K do not like people registered and fired immediately. Beside benefit, this is your negotiation! 3. Try to contact the consulting company immediately and get to know them, if you can. Find their team lead or manager, and talk about the situation. Most likely they know you since the company hires you gets their consent (kind of). 4. Good luck and be positive.
Dinkar From: tony_zeigler <[email protected]> Subject: [development-axapta] Re: Be aware for hiring To: [email protected] Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 4:49 PM Umm.... 1. The point of a probation period is for the employer to judge your skill level. Not every employer uses probation periods - the following methods are common techniques US companies use to weed out weak workers: A. Probation period (as noted above). Usually 3 months, but duration is up to employer. During this period the employer will be judging how well you fit in their organization. They might let you go for poor performance, or because your too loud, or even too quiet. During this period you should make an effort to get to know your co-workers, understand your job, and of course always do your best work. B. Hire from a temp agency. Some companies hire most of their permanent staff by hiring temp workers thru a temp agency, and then permamently hiring those temps that make a good impression. 2. Your more likely to get hired if you don't worry so much about what benefits your getting. Focus on doing a good job. If your a high performer, you can negotiate much better benefits than someone who is not as good. 3. AX is split into layers for the very reason of allowing companies to protect the code they have written while also allowing others to over-ride those changes with their own. For instance, Microsoft may have code in the sys layer, a consulting company may put code in the var layer, and the company using it may put code in the cus layer. When AX executes the code, it will ignore code in the var layer if it finds code in the cus layer. Thus, you should never have to modify the var layer if you have access to the cus layer. Simply write a replacement method in the cus layer.... --- In development- axa...@yahoogrou ps.com, Dinkar Lalit <dinkarlalit@ ...> wrote: > > > Greeting all, > > I had to send this message, especially for the AX Developers in the US that > some companies are advertising to hire developers for permanent (full time) > position. In fact, most of them are not true for permanent positions, > especially around these days. They are usually hiring to clean up their > messes.. > Two friends of mine who were good developers were hired recently and after 2 > months they were laid off. > In the US most states are "at will" states. They can let you go anytime any > moment without warning you, of course, you can leave your job as well anytime > any moment. But the weight is on their site. > > Here are some suggestions: > 1. Make sure, make a good agreement for the 3 months period (probation) that > at least your job guaranteed for this period > > 2. Make sure you get into their health benefits and 401K at the start. Do not > accept any other temporary agreement which makes the difficult to fire you > > 3. Some of the consulting companies made agreements for the companies that > you cannot touch or alter their layers. For instance the VAR layer belongs to > the consulting a company. What it means basically you are at the mercy of > that consulting company, which is the bottom line. > > Good luck. > > Dinkar > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
