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Faced this weird behaviour from Optum recently. Gave interview for Data Scientist position. HR said feedback is positive. Asked for documents. It's been month now since I have shared the documents. I have no update on the offer. Today I called HR, she called me back saying the position is on hold due to recalibration in team, She has shared interview feedbacks to other teams and will get back to me in couple of days. I am clueless now. My last working day is approaching (In a month). Any Help??
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Pro - liquid equity as part of your total comp
Pro - better job security
Pro - probably already have an established close process
Con - faster close given sec reporting requirements
Con - having to document your process for internal controls
Con - might be more boring than a start up
Faster close can also be a good thing sometimes as far as planning and taking time off
Following from tax perspective
Pro - probably fewer hours overall in the publicly traded company
Pro - publicly traded company may offer a stock discount purchase plan as a benefit, which is sweet (free money if there’s no holding period on the plan, and still a good benefit even if there is)
Pro - and this one is huge, you likely won’t need to charge your time in the publicly traded company in all likelihood. Going on ESPN and leaving/logging off at 5 counts the same as working till midnight. In public accounting, all hours are tracked and down time hurts you, since all these places look at charged hours.
Con - new place is an unknown, and could end up being way worse than expected for a whole host of reasons
There will always be that con risk that I stated when you change jobs though, so I’d say go for it.
Sorry btw, I compared the new company to public accounting and not to a start up, had misread your post. I don’t know much about working at a start up so there’s your comparison to public accounting, lol