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I think everywhere you have to work at least 25 or 30 hours to get benefits....
I think it would be better to work 1 extra shift a month to pay for private insurance instead of getting a second job and workign 25 hours extra a week.
Yo could get some kick ass insurance for $200 a month, that's only 1 extra shift a month at work.
Much better than workign 25 hours a week to get insurance with a co pay, deductible and pouring coffee all day long.
^agree^
I don't think you can get benefits if you work part-time. Most employers won't let you have them until you're full time, which I believe is 35 hours. But you'll have to discuss that with whoever you work for, their HR can tell you.
But you CAN get affordable insurance without a job, you just need to research REALLY well and don't pick something because of the premium! See if you can find reviews from people who have filed claims, etc so you know what you're getting into.
I have family members that worked for starbucks so I know for a fact that they do give their part time employees benefits... but there is a min of 20 hours a week.
free coffee??
That settles it then!
I'm going to work for Starbucks!! :P ;D
From what I know at least how it is in Canada, you do not get benefits if you are working part-time hours, I guess it's different where you are.
If your looking for part-time work or even possible full-time work I suggest going with www.callcasting.com you an at customer service agent, answering calls for major companies in Canada and the USA and UK.
I reccomd that to anyone looking for work.
What kind of benefits are you talking about? I thought everyone in Canada got free health care?
You have to pay a 300$ fee to get trained, 75$ fee for some other coarse, they rent the software and probably some other fees too.....is that really not a fraud? It'd be nice if it wasn't but I think thats a pretty high start up fee, or am I just sounding ignorant here?
No it's not, I worked with them for over a year, I get paid ontime every 2 weeks, its the indepdent contractor agreement that the companies,
Your basically paying for the contract and the business set up.
it is very much NOT a fraud. for what I have been through working in call centres in the past working with contractxchange is the best option EVER.
you work from home for a big name company, you have support 24/7 from the staff, companies, and also other agents on the network.
they have christmas parties and other social e vents if you choose to attend.
its the ultimate virutal office.
and as for health care it if only covers certain things, we still have to pay for medications, things that are not coverd by OHIP. but over all I love that I can see a doctor or the ER room anot worry about paying for something unless its not covered in the OHIP plan.
starbucks. 20 hours indeed.
i've been thinking of getting a job there myself, mostly cos i love starbucks and want the security and tedium of a regular job, but only part time. everyone i know who works at one says the benefits are really good.
starbucks. I think it's 21.25 hours exactly for benefits. idk i might just be pulling that number outta nowhere, but i remember that people would complain because the managers would schedule them .25 under the amount the needed to get their benefits. Also, to be eligible for benefits, you have to have worked there for 3 months at that amount of hours consistently, then they send you the benefits package in the mail and you fill out the paperwork.
the training is about two weeks, with your first three shifts just reading this stupid textbook, and the sequential ones doing mundane things like weighing coffee in filters, making frappucino bases, mocha and learning how to use the cash register. You don't get on the bar until about a week and a half into training, and then after that they won't put you on it until you've earned it, because the bar is the preferred position to be in. During a shift, there's four positions. There's cashier 1-slide (you pour coffee and get pastries too), cashier 2-slide (you sometimes label cups) bar one (sometimes label cups, pull shots, finish off drinks), and sometimes bar 2(finish drinks, make cold drinks). I think.. that's how i remember it anyways. It's really fast paces when there's rushes and that can be kind of fun, especially when you're on the bar.
You get 1 pound of coffee or a box of tea a week, and a 30 percent discount on all drinks. During your shift you get one free drink at the beginning and one free drink at the end, and it's supposed to be (3) during your shift.... but it's pretty much unlimited, unless you get an anal "coffee master" team leader. so... you get to get super caffeinated. I remember I would open at 4am and just drink shot after shot after shot like they were alcohol.
I had fun working there, but I ended up getting fired because they scheduled me to work new years day OPENING (3.5 hours after the clock turns midnight and became the new year), when i had already told them 2 weeks in advance that i couldn't work that day because i had a hostessing job at a restaurant 45 minutes away. I ended up hostessing until 1AM, driving back to work at starbucks at 3:30, and falling asleep in my car at the parking lot of my apartment.... and being woken up with phonecalls from the GM. They are not so nice when you get fired in my experience. oh.. and i didin't like all the milk, but that's just a personal preference.
If you go the route of buying your own, it is tax deductable.
what's starbucks starting pay/hour?is it minimum?
hmmmm..maybe starbucks is a better idea then hooters...
starbucks generally pays minimum or a small amount above minimum for starting positions. The cap on in-store employees is 12 dollars an hour *i think* which makes it very hard for people whose sole income is starbucks to get anywhere in life, because even if you work 40 hours a week as a manager at starbucks, you're only making approx 430 after tax, 1720 a month, 20K a year. Also.... to even get to manager you have to go through over a year at LEAST of being a minimum wage level barista, to get promoted. As a barista working full time at 7 dollars an hour, 40 hours a week, you'll make approx. 1100 a month, 13,200 a year. It's nothing, but it's okay if you have a secondary job or are extremely good at saving money and scrimping.
IMO, starbucks underpays and overworks their employees. You can get a job at freaking Target for 10 dollars an hour STARTING, and starbucks still pays minimum wage, yet expects you to go to a 6 hour long class for free, and study for your job like it's the SAT's when you're in training.
question about starbucks: how hard is it to get hired there? i downloaded the application, and i guess they expect work experience, and all i've done is strip and briefly some phone sex, and i don't want to include that. i'm also 23, without a degree. i think it's silly to worry about (it's fucking starbucks), but i still do.
job applications in general scare the shit out of me. it's why i haven't gotten a side job yet.
i don't mind not making a ton, i'm still gonna dance. i want the benefits and a real job.
I teach aerobics @ 24 hour fitness & get what they call limited benefits, but it takes care of prescriptions, dr visits, basic stuff. It includes eye, dental, and even some counseling.
I have a second high deductible policy for major disasters approx $60 a month. You also get a free gym membership for yourself & a family member.
They offer this plan to any part time employee, as long as you make enough every two weeks to cover the cost (for one person its like $75 every 2 weeks, 2 ppl $125 & 3 or more $178 every two weeks).
Group X instructors make a good hourly, but you could work in kids club or front desk if you don't have the training/certs to teach, or if you don't want to learn how to teach/get the certs.
Its a pretty good company & at least puts something on your resume.
I saw an ad at my local Whole Foods looking for employees. I believe it said they offer part-time benefits. It may be worth looking into, since it's work in a grocery store & so even less specialized than barista work. And food discounts, yum!