If I get hired as a pre-load pt sup. How long until I get insurance? At what cost for a family? Should I stay pt hourly
1. you get your insurance immediately
2. the cost depends on which insurance provider/plan you select
3. this is a question only you can answer. I've seen a lot of frustrated PT supes and a lot that deal with it just fine. How long have you been with the company? I think that plays into it. At our building its hard because we don't have as many FT coordinators on our shift anymore that can actually be in the operation (PDS' are supposed to be PDSing, not out in the operation all the time from what I've heard lately) so some of our supes seem to be getting a little frustrated as they don't know what some forms are or how to use them etc etc. Some aren't sure of all the reset switches as some belts can be turned off in multiple places and if its not running it might be off in an area our shift doesn't use (so they're not aware such a switch exists). Things like that.
Its not that the FT supes we do have don't care (they certainly do) but they are getting pulled in 100 different directions. If you went to any of them and asked them how to do something, they would absolutely show you what to do. It's just during the course of the operation, the fact that some of PT supes are "new" seems to be put on the back burner (not intentionally) when handing out assignments, yelling about some belt being off and get it running etc. I've helped a bunch of them and I'm happy to do so, it is a learning experience, a lot of it trial by fire and adapting fast. I don't regret my decision...most of the time, sometimes it gets to be too much, but on those days I go home (or to school/my other job first haha) relax and realize tomorrow is a new day..mostly.
...and if on of those days is a Friday, a couple fingers of whiskey don't hurt either