914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
7/28/09 6:01 a.m.

Mike is a college student, nice guy; always smiling, never afraid of new projects. He's also a car guy! He owns a newish Jetta, very clean under the hood with a turbo and a chip. He does track days with his Dad who has a 930.

Yesterday he steps up to my desk with a Cheshire Cat grin on his face and whips out a one page with three short paragraphs on it and a "Sign Here" on the bottom.

"Whadda ya got?"

They want him to come back. Don't tell the other summer hires because not all of them are getting invited. He explained that if he signed this, any time spent working here for the summer would apply toward service time. If he signed this, Benet would pick up the cost of his college tuition and books with the proviso that he stay employed here for the same length of time that they pay off.

Hmmmmm...... R.I.T. tuition is $38,000/year X 3 years (he doubled up on classes) + books? That was easy math even for me. He would start at about $40k/year.

No wonder he's smiling....

http://www.benet.wva.army.mil/

DrBoost
DrBoost HalfDork
7/28/09 8:15 a.m.

I thought it was illegal to put in a proviso that if they pay for schooling, you have to stay XXX aount of time? Either way, that's a good deal though.

Strizzo
Strizzo SuperDork
7/28/09 8:58 a.m.

In reply to DrBoost:

nope. at least not in texas as far as i know

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
7/28/09 9:04 a.m.

We're the Government, we make the rules....

DrBoost
DrBoost HalfDork
7/28/09 7:47 p.m.

In MI it's illegal, but as 914Driver said, they make the rules.

wbjones
wbjones New Reader
7/28/09 8:04 p.m.

It may be illegal in MI but the govment does it all the time.... ( think military schools) plus many communities do the same with med school students...

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
7/28/09 9:02 p.m.

where do I find a job that pays for my educations?

or just a job that pays me...

byron12
byron12 New Reader
7/28/09 11:37 p.m.

I wish somebody wanted me bad enough to specify how long I have to stay.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
7/29/09 5:04 a.m.
DrBoost wrote: I thought it was illegal to put in a proviso that if they pay for schooling, you have to stay XXX aount of time? Either way, that's a good deal though.

companies do it all the time in pay back clauses. Its the reason why I didn't take my last disbursement of money from my old employer. I knew I was going to leave after I got my degree so I timed it so I would have to pay back little to them. But they let me go before that date and "forgave" all my debt to them. So, In hindsight, I should have taken the money.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
7/29/09 5:47 a.m.

Maroon92, click the link.

Wait, don't college ball players do that? OK besides penciling in grades, don't they get something?

Dan

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