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by guest007
Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:16 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Repayment
Replies: 14
Views: 8280

Re: Repayment

Was the amount on the debt letter in the ballpark of what you expected based on percentage of time worked, less the internship payments and health insurance?
by guest007
Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Pay scale questions to ask during virtual site visit
Replies: 2
Views: 1481

Re: Pay scale questions to ask during virtual site visit

Congrats on the award! You seem to have a good sense that you don't want to be pushy and make it completely money-oriented since there are a lot of other factors at play, but asking about payscales is necessary during the site visit since this is a commitment you will be locked into for X number of ...
by guest007
Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Negotiating Pay Step
Replies: 2
Views: 1658

Re: Negotiating Pay Step

Negotiating on the front end is definitely not a binding agreement as a lot can change in the next two years before you graduate. Depending on the SF, your boss/ hiring manager could change, you could have a change of circumstances/ heart, etc. What I would recommend doing is asking specific questio...
by guest007
Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Negotiating Pay Step
Replies: 1
Views: 1256

Re: Negotiating Pay Step

PM me if you are interested in hearing more. I had success, but a lot has to line up for it to work.
by guest007
Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:06 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Summer internships 2021
Replies: 4
Views: 1899

Re: Summer internships 2021

SMART doesn't really care about the background check. I did my entire internship before my clearance was even started so I didn't have a CAC, computer access, or a badge for the restricted area on base. Still made $25/hr but it was super boring.
by guest007
Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Taking a summer class during the summer internship
Replies: 1
Views: 1068

Re: Taking a summer class during the summer internship

My school didn't have a plan like that, but since I had to move away for my internship, I had a lot of time to kill in the afternoon and nights. I took some humanities electives online at a community college and paid for it myself. The classes transferred back to my degree plan and SMART didn't say ...
by guest007
Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:07 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Repayment
Replies: 14
Views: 8280

Re: Repayment

Thanks. I don't want to get too in the weeds of the Handbook, but they explicitly say time on Leave Without Pay doesn't count. Do they have an actual method of tracking this or could I feasibly "pad" my exit date by a few months by emptying my PTO bank and then taking some LWOP time?
by guest007
Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Repayment
Replies: 14
Views: 8280

Re: Repayment

In your experience, would you recommend being very upfront with SMART when you leave? Everyone who I did my interview and internship with has left so my leadership really doesn't know much about SMART or my commitment. I am considering just resigning a few months early to take another job, but I don...
by guest007
Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: For those of you who were able to negotiate your salary upon entering Step 2
Replies: 1
Views: 1531

Re: For those of you who were able to negotiate your salary upon entering Step 2

To my knowledge there is no general Discord, only one for people who left the program and have debt. I would be ok to answer questions about negotiating salary. The two main things to understand though are you don't have a ton of leverage since you owe them money and along the same lines you can rea...