Boy thought he had been hired as a technician working for "big tech company" (not sure if he wants me saying the company name), a perfect fit for him, he is great at assembling and tinkering with tools, he has an engineer's mind. After his first week, his manager has kind of pulled him aside and told him he is to be the lab manager which he says is kind of intimidating because he has to oversee about 8-9 people working on research type projects and they are all "between dad's and Grandpa's age" as he said it. He already had to get after one of the older guys about wearing his lab glasses and cleaning up his work area, I guess the boy takes after mama and he will be another "compliance" guy.
Not only that, although it was not discussed during the interview, his boss also told him the job requires 35% of the time to travel. He was told to expect to go to Singapore, China, Europe, California, and anywhere else that they have labs located at. Sounds like the boy will be set, I just hope the compensation will come soon, because $25 bucks an hour is fine for a low level technician, but if he is going to be in charge of people and flying all over the world overseeing projects, he needs a real salary, one that makes mine look small. I see a nice six figure salary for him in a few years. On top of that, he was told he would be involved in ordering and setting up a 3D printer lab, which was originally where I thought he was going to be spending his time.
He was telling us some of the perks and for starters, they still match 401k contributions which he went in the full amount, and he is set up for their stock purchase program. On top of that, he said as a manager he gets three credit cards to order anything he "needs" to get the job done. I injected "I'm sure you need upper manager approval before ordering expensive stuff." He said I am the manager that gives approval, which made me smile and pat him on the back. I am really happy for the boy, it seems he is on his way. He is not married and no kids, and he is a grown man, so as long as he can handle the traveling, I am okay with it.
He said he was pulled into a meeting and was told there he would be the point man for this customer to get his project started and completed. They are supposed to assemble some thing, determine its cost and then tell the customer. He sounded excited and a little scared saying they start with blank racks and everything is custom made there, from circuit boards to robot arms or whatever. He says some parts cost upwards of $100,000. He fears breaking something expensive like that. I told him not to worry about that, they trust you and it is part of R&D, shit happens and you go on. That is all part of the process.
This is the last of the big equipment makers for the semiconductor business, they have bought out most of the competition, so it isn't going anywhere, they have been around for years and I think he has a bright future, if all goes well.
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