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Their thinking could be something along the lines of “Get in an accident racing dirt bikes, we have to have someone do your job while you recover then put you back in the position when you return. Get in an accident on a street bike, we attend your funeral on Thursday and start onboarding your replacement the next Monday…..”
Sounds like he’s clarified that they are asking him to not “race”. They’d probably not want him doing any actual road racing, either.
Hard choice to make, though, especially if you’ve been involved in a niche industry for a while. Might not have as many potential employers to choose from without having to relocate, uproot the family, etc.
For those with the belief that employers can’t regulate what you do away from the workplace, that’s definitely not always the case. The local transit authority in central Washington (Wenatchee) won’t hire anyone who uses any type of tobacco products at all. It may be that they are able to get away with it because they are a public entity, but they’ve had that policy for probably at least 20 years.
Take the position, keep going, and share less information going forward.
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Same thing here. Didn't have the time or cash to ride much while in school and then took a high stress / high paying job right when I got out. Spent the next five years gaining weight and becoming a person I didn't want to be. My health and relationships suffered because of it. I don't have many regrets in life, but that's one of them.
Never again.
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That’s sad. I was just quoting Al Pacino in the movie Heat
Shit happens, better have fun while you can.
What about the dog……is it ok
UK guy here too, ask work to put the contract in writing as you want to mull it over, call around a few decent solicitors. Most will offer a 1 HR face to face verbal consultation, you need an employment specialist. Costs are roughly in the £150 area. Used this type of service many times for different things. It's when they have to put pen to paper they start rubbing their hands!
I’m a small business owner. My income is directly affected by my employees showing up and doing their job.
That being said. They do not live to work and they do not survive to create income for my business. They work to enjoy their life and it would be unfair of me to ask them to do less of what they enjoy for the sake of my business.
Unless they plan on paying you 24/7 I wouldn’t let a company control my life off the clock.
Just my opinion.
So at that point, having medical insurance is a choice irrelevant of the job.
As it stands I've officially told them that I have plans in place for next year on a personal level that I'm not willing to compromise on for the job.
I won't hear back until next week but looks like I'm going to get a payrise in my current role but plateau out here for a while. I chased the money for three years a while ago and was pretty miserable so I'd rather just ride, race and have a great time for a while whilst I've got no kids or family to support.
Kudos to you! Happy employees are productive and loyal employees.
But we get healthcare in the UK already , what this means he can jump the queue to get seen, rather than going on a waiting list for non urgent care.
If i crash , and break my arm, i go to the ER and get seen and fixed for £0.
Although we all speak English, there must be a language/dialect barrier here. "Thisusername" implied that the OP and his family would be helpless without insurance in the case of a catastrophic accident, which could only be obtained by the employer's offer of a conditional promotion. I was merely stating that the OP could obtain insurance privately, if it was a concern. Therefore, making the implied statement that he and his family would be helpless, a moot point. This isn't even factoring in the fact that the OP would be currently "helpless" under the present circumstances, pre promotion, under this assumption.
All this to say, in this instance, the issue of having insurance being the deciding factor in taking, or not taking the job, pretty irrelevant.
I'm a stickler about many things and logic ranks high on my list of priorities. I didn't intend to offend anyone, I just wanted to point out the flawed logic in that decision making path. Once again, I hope OP chooses the route that best benefits him, even if that means giving up (to some degree) something he loves.
He says his job is ‘physical’.
Could he do that with a blown ACL?
Current wait times for non-critical surgery = 43 weeks. Plus recovery..
Be a Harvey Mushman or be a slave to the system. The vitards cant tell you anything more about your life than you already know.
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physical like a male escort or physical like a trash collector? Well only one of those would offer a high dollar contract that could make me consider not racing. Hey some ladies like a man in a wheelchair, gives them a sense of power or something, kinda weird but there is probably a big market for it. You go guy! Make that money.
Crazy they wanted you to come back so early h after a non-work injury. Usually they take time bringing you back so if you reinjure yourself you can’t blame it on work. If you get hurt at work they usually try to get you back asap doing light duty stuff to limit injury rates
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