I fully hear that, but I’d argue it depends on the position you’re interviewing for, as this can show competence. If the gig is management or involves handling the cash flow, taking a year to do you on savings should be an attribute. Whereas someone working check to check and dealing with stacks of cash would likely increase the risk a bigger business would associate with you vs someone who’s dialed in financially.
Yeah, that’s absolutely fair. Even though it’s still the correct terminology, I don’t really think of (upper) management as having an employer-employee relationship with their company, so it didn’t occur to me to draw that distinction. I also didn’t think of people handling the books, but that also makes sense.
On the other hand, I worked for a company at which I started in the call center and moved to adjusting litigated claims. They gave me a credit card with a $5k limit and no use alert while I was still technically earning $15/hour and within two months of that, I was authorized to sign off on checks for up to $100k. I didn’t want them to think I was sketchy, so I didn’t push back too much, but I was always astounded that they trusted me (and several new hires at the company) so much so quickly.
Of course, $5k was peanuts and $100k was still not a big deal for the company, I’m sure they had a much different selection process for people who were handling the seven and eight figure payments.
I fully hear that, but I’d argue it depends on the position you’re interviewing for, as this can show competence. If the gig is management or involves handling the cash flow, taking a year to do you on savings should be an attribute. Whereas someone working check to check and dealing with stacks of cash would likely increase the risk a bigger business would associate with you vs someone who’s dialed in financially.
Yeah, that’s absolutely fair. Even though it’s still the correct terminology, I don’t really think of (upper) management as having an employer-employee relationship with their company, so it didn’t occur to me to draw that distinction. I also didn’t think of people handling the books, but that also makes sense.
On the other hand, I worked for a company at which I started in the call center and moved to adjusting litigated claims. They gave me a credit card with a $5k limit and no use alert while I was still technically earning $15/hour and within two months of that, I was authorized to sign off on checks for up to $100k. I didn’t want them to think I was sketchy, so I didn’t push back too much, but I was always astounded that they trusted me (and several new hires at the company) so much so quickly.
Of course, $5k was peanuts and $100k was still not a big deal for the company, I’m sure they had a much different selection process for people who were handling the seven and eight figure payments.