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May 19,2022 at 1:59AM UTC

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I am looking for some advice. I’ve been at a company for about 15 months as a consultant capacity. Back in February, I told my manager that I was interested in converting to an employee status. My manager was excited and thrilled that I wanted to come on board permanently. I thought the process would only take a month or two to finalize but here we are middle of May and still no conversion. I not sure what to make of this. She says she’s working on it but things are moving slow.

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AnonymousMay 19,2022 at 2:33AM UTC
These things are on a slow track. It's not urgent and they view it as a nice to have but not necessary.
Hang in there. It will probably happen later in the year.
AnonymousMay 19,2022 at 12:48PM UTC
Talk to HR. She may not know what the steps are to make this happen.
Anne MatsushitaMay 21,2022 at 6:55PM UTC
That's great! You can check in with you manager, express you're still interested, and ask what the timeline looks like. Then hold her accountable, like put invites on her calendar to touch base and make sure things are on the right track. You can frame it like you want to see if anything is needed from you at that point to keep it moving along.
Also, make sure you're on the same page. Your manager may be thinking of making this happen when your consultancy comes to an end, but it sounds like you're hoping this happens now.