Re:Ask HN: When is risk worth it?
by anigbrowl on Monday May 07, 2012 @03:33AM
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They seem like good guys, they've promised that the compensation will increase and surpass my goals once I've proved myself and as my skills mature.
Yeah right. What that means is that they'll throw you a bone after they've eaten the steak, if everything works out, or put all the blame on you if it doesn't. Trust your Dad, who has already had experience with the other practice and has decades of industry experience on you. I have heard these kinds of promises on many occasions and they almost always fall through.
The fact that they are inviting you to both reorganize their administrative structure and put together a marketing plan is a big red flag for me. Those jobs are poles apart, and the problem with marketing is it's very hit-and-miss. Healthcare is not a normal market anyway, and if they don't know how to market their own practice something is wrong.
In this case, a bird in the hand is definitely worth 2 in the bush. Besides, nothing makes you as desirable as your ability to reject people. Be nice about it, but firm - say you can't afford it and if they wheedle just stick to that basic point. They will try to wheedle you because they'll figure you're sufficiently financially secure to risk failure, but basically they're trying to offload the risk onto you and your Dad. That's just how business is, they're probably not even fully conscious of it.
Yeah right. What that means is that they'll throw you a bone after they've eaten the steak, if everything works out, or put all the blame on you if it doesn't. Trust your Dad, who has already had experience with the other practice and has decades of industry experience on you. I have heard these kinds of promises on many occasions and they almost always fall through.
The fact that they are inviting you to both reorganize their administrative structure and put together a marketing plan is a big red flag for me. Those jobs are poles apart, and the problem with marketing is it's very hit-and-miss. Healthcare is not a normal market anyway, and if they don't know how to market their own practice something is wrong.
In this case, a bird in the hand is definitely worth 2 in the bush. Besides, nothing makes you as desirable as your ability to reject people. Be nice about it, but firm - say you can't afford it and if they wheedle just stick to that basic point. They will try to wheedle you because they'll figure you're sufficiently financially secure to risk failure, but basically they're trying to offload the risk onto you and your Dad. That's just how business is, they're probably not even fully conscious of it.