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neomachino@lemmy.world
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A huge reason that I took the job I have now is because they let me start my health insurance plan asap. It was supposed to be after 3 months but I just asked nice and they didn’t hesitate to agree even without my whole spcheil. I have a wife and a son, at the time my wife was still going through some post pregnancy health issues and my son was going through some stuff that required regular visits. I turned down some cushy jobs solely because they wanted me to wait 3-6 months to be insured, which I get from a business perspective, but what the actual fuck? It took me a while to switch jobs for that reason alone. I guess it’s a good indicator of a company that has common sense/common decency.

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bitchkat@lemmy.world
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I’ve had jobs where you have to wait for 401k but Healthcare has always been covered on day 1.

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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Last several I’ve jobs had it kick in on the first business day of the next month, and end on the first business day of the month after leaving, so i think it was more of a “this is how our provider has us add and remove people” thing.

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neomachino@lemmy.world
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Wait is that normal? The last 3 jobs I’ve had had a waiting period of at least a month.

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bitchkat@lemmy.world
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Has been been for me.

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ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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Why the waiting time? What’s the risk on their part if they insure you immediately?

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neomachino@lemmy.world
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I always assumed it had to with whatever cost comes with adding someone to the insurance plan + the cost they’re paying. They want to make sure the person is going to stick around. But to me that just seems like the cost of doing business.

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