Update on my son's job: As of right now, he will be starting Monday with Newell Brands here in Maryville. They literally didn't move a penny on salary negotiation. They have a pretty strong benefits package, but would have been nice to move at least a little. He went on a plant tour yesterday after his drug screening. Very modern plant, even have robotic forklifts and such. He liked his future boss, flexible on schedule, etc. Huge plant.
The place where he did his internship contacted him yesterday. They lost one of their engineers and are interested in him. He told them to put a job description together/package and he'd look it over. He said they'd have to throw a lot of money at him before he went back there. Definite advantage as far as being super close to home and decent benefits, but not as good as Newell. Disadvantage being the buyout late last year and the subsequent reduction in payroll from letting people go/people leaving of their own accord. The culture there is a bit suspect with the new owners (out of Texas). Doesn't help that when they first bought them, President of the new owners assured everyone in a group zoom that all jobs were safe etc etc.
Absolute crickets from ORNL. Second series of interviews went great, but hasn't heard a word from them. They are a govt deal, so it might take months before he hears anything, or he may never hear anything.
Phone interview with Denso today, we shall see how that goes. If anything, these additional interviews should help to determine overall package worth and such.
He definitely likes Newell and feels there will be a lot of opportunity there. His boss has been there 8 years with four upward moves within the company in that time period.
Like I told him, this will simply be the first stop in his career, get the experience and the money will come easiest with company swaps.
. Exciting times!!
