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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

333.0. "Questions on hiring" by BPOV09::GRAHAM (Dr. John) Tue Jun 23 1987 16:45

I have a few questions that I'd like to throw out for discussion:  What 
is the policy regarding time-in-job and what is the policy for external 
vs internal hires?

Situation 1:  A job opens up in my group and is filled by someone from
another group who had been there for only a year.  I thought that the
guide lines were that you had to have your current job for two years
before moving. 

Situation 2: There is a job opening for a Sr. Engineer, and the group 
manager brings an outside person to fill this slot as a Program Manager. 
The PM position is not posted, so no internal candidates get a chance to 
apply.

These practices don't seem too kosher to me, and I was wondering what 
others might think.  Are these policies or are they just general 
guidelines?  Finally, should this situation be brought to anyones
attention?
    
    						John
    
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333.1Recently hired ATLAST::FAILETue Jun 23 1987 18:0018
    John,
    I'm very new to Digital (3.5 months) but when I was interviewing
    I was told that the job I had applied for would have to remain posted
    for a specified time (2 weeks I think) before I could be offered
    the position, this was to give Digital employees time to apply.
    I have also heard that you only have to stay in a position for a
    year before moving... I'm not sure if this means moving as in
    relocating or moving into another group within the same location.
    
    I assumed that it was company policy to post job openings.  I've
    heard others say that you only have to remain in a job for a year
    before moving on.  Never have seen an official policy statment on
    either subject...  
    
    This may not be much help but I thought I'd pass along what I was
    told and have heard since being hired only a few months ago...
    
    Cody
333.2Think it's policy to post...YUPPIE::COLEI survived B$ST, I think.....Tue Jun 23 1987 19:063
	Without having gone to the VTX on-line Personnel Manuals, I would be 
say the 2 week (or 10 work-day???) posting rule is policy.  And it probably 
has as much to do with EEO requirements as anything.
333.3Time in job before transferANGORA::MORRISONBob M. LMO2/P41 296-5357Tue Jun 23 1987 19:526
  The policy on time in a job before a transfer is two years for
wage class 4 and one year for wage class 1 & 2. I don't know off-
hand about wage class 3.
  From what I have heard, the policy on transfers within a group is
not concrete. If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd like to
know too.
333.42 years for WC 4...JAWS::DAVISGil DavisTue Jun 23 1987 19:5413
    Wage class 4's are now supposed to stay in their current position
    for two years before they post for a new position.  There are
    exceptions however.  If your position changes *significantly* from
    when you hired in, go talk to your manager and explain that the
    current charter of the organization of job doesn't fit your personal
    goals (the reasons why you took the job in the first place).  
    If your reasons are valid, and the manager agrees, they can then
    lobby with upper management to let you apply for a new position.
    This type of change sometimes comes about after a reorganization
    or change of management (manager) while you are in a position.
    
    Gil  (ok managers, am I right?)
    
333.5GuidelinTOOK::HEFFERNANJonny Most For PresidentTue Jun 23 1987 21:016
RE:  .-1

My understanding was that the two year rule was a guideline and it was up
to the two managers involved...

John
333.6GOOGLY::KERRELLInspired to creative actionWed Jun 24 1987 11:2011
re .5:

>My understanding was that the two year rule was a guideline and it was up
>to the two managers involved...

This sounds more sensible, no point holding on to someone who wants to be 
elsewhere, at the same time don't encourage job hoppers...

This also fits what happens in Europe.

Dave.
333.7TORA::KLEINBERGERMAXCIMize your effortsWed Jun 24 1987 11:2819
    The two year committment is only a guideline. If you and your manager
    agree for you to leave, you do not have to stay the full two years.
    I can say this from experience, as I accepted a job, and after only
    two months knew the job had been misrepresented, and was not what
    it was to be.  After talking to my manager, and fully documenting
    things that had happened, she agreed to let me find another job
    within DEC. So I left the job after only six months in it.
    
    As for some jobs not being posted... maybe the job was slated for
    a college hire????
    
    Also, there are some jobs that obviously were never slated for "old
    blood" but "new blood", as is evidenced by VP and senior VP positions
    being hired right from the outside.  There is even a special headhunter
    group that is used for these occasions (sorry I forget the name
    but it is local to the Boston area)

    
    GLK
333.8There are others....YUPPIE::COLEI survived B$ST, I think.....Wed Jun 24 1987 12:313
	I believe another "exception" to the two year guideline is seeking a 
job that will promote you, ie., Principle Specialist to Consultant.  Or 
changing from technical to management is also considered "promoting".
333.9MAYBE THIS WILL HELPYAZOO::R_OELFKESTRIDEWed Jun 24 1987 12:5713
    EVERYTHING IS UP TO 'MANAGEMENT DISCRETION'.  ALSO, EACH PLANT /
    PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION HAS THERE RULES FOR THEMSELVES TO FOLLOW.
    CORPORATE ONLY SETS GUIDELINES FOR EACH GROUP TO FOLLOW.  
    
    THE TWO YEAR FOR EXEMPT (WC 3 AND 4) AND THE ONE YEAR FOR NON-EXEMPT
    (WC 1 AND 2) ARE GUIDELINES.  MOVEMENT (UP OR DOWN) WITHIN A GROUP
    BY IT'S CURRENT INDIVIDUALS IS ONCE AGAIN UP TO THE SPECIFIC PERSONNEL
    GROUP.  MOST GROUPS (THAT I KNOW OF), CREATE A REQ. FOR THE PERSON
    TO INTERVIEW FOR UNLESS THE JOB DOESN'T CHANGE WHICH WOULD BE AN UPGRADE
    (SOFTWARE SPECIALIST TO SR SOFTWARE SPECIALIST). 
    
    BOB O.