I got a "cold call" yesterday, or rather, it came by email. An American bank is interested in talking to me, to see if I will join them.
(Dang, now Dan Linehan will get another chance to say a few things about me.
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Once again I have no idea who this particular person is, or how she discovered. Also I am a bit surprised that this bank is hiring at all, given the current financial crisis.
I don't mind saying that the bank is JP Morgan.
My initial thoughts were that I am not interested in leaving my current job (after all, I took it up only six months ago). Also, if I join JP Morgan and they suddenly have some bank-wide directive to axe employees due to the financial crisis, well, if they work on a "last in, first out" basis, I'd be axed.
Then I started thinking that if I *were* to join JP Morgan in the current climate, it would only because they agreed to give me extra protection in my employment contract.
For example, I'd like a clause that says that if they seek to terminate my employment anytime in the first two years (and the reasons are not for criminal misconduct, gross negligence or bad performance etc), then I should be paid six months' extra salary, in lieu of notice.
Wow, that would be great job security, don't you think.
Hmm, anyone remember my Day 1 Manifestation.
