Insurance
My last day at my current job is 10/04 and i start my new job 10/14. HR at the new job doesn’t think i will be eligible for insurnace until January 1st 2020. That does not make sense to me since i’m losing insurance with my old job. That typically counts as a life changing event. Plus if there was some sort of enrollment time line in place that should not apply to a new employee. I have a wife and 2 kids at home so I do not want to be without insurance for 3 months. Any thoughts? p.s. - I have already sent another email to them stating the above. I just want some of your thoughts so do not be rude
Agreed with Teradata above - use COBRA to keep your current insurance until the new one kicks in. But I’d be rethinking about going to a new company who won’t give you insurance for 2.5 months...
This does not smell good if their HR doesn't know the change insurance rules...
I received an email back. HR said new employees are eligible for benefits on the first of the month following their first 60 days. So in my case would be January 1st.
That's yuck. That sounds more like a call center job policy.
Meh. It’s okay. I’ll do a short term policy that won’t cost me an arm and a leg like COBRA.
If no one needs the coverage, then you won't need to do anything. But you can retroactively get cobra if someone ends up needing more than a simple doctor visit. Out of pocket clinic visits and well checks aren't expensive.
According to COBRA I have to enroll within a certain number of days. There are some short term plans with UHC that aren’t to bad.
I think most of company starts insurance in the next month but 60 days sounds too long. Like others stated you can probably use corba for the gap.
TC or GTFO
Worst case use your old employer issuance using CORBA