Dogboy said:
interference with my mane job is what i fear. because I'm a shift worker that works 4 on 4 off. so ill see if my office lets me join. without skiding my butt out the door
Although that is an extremely valid reason, I'll be facing that in the near future...although the other way around, but there are also incentives for companies that allow men or women to be a part of the reserves, and function in a civilian job as well. Now, I don't know a whole lot about it, as I am not the occupational liason officer at my unit or anything, although now that I think of it, most of it has to do with being a soldier, and then dealing with employers after the fact, but I would think that it would still apply. What the Liason Council does is work with employers to come to a decision that best suits the soldier, as well as the company. Say a soldier has to leave on a tasking all of a sudden, and has to take the time off of work, but the employer is hesitant, that soldier can apply to the liason council and have them speak to their employer and hopefully the employer will see the advantages to having their employee go, yadda yadda.
In addition, just to shoot it out there, as a reservist, you are working part time. My unit is a little different, in that it doesn't do the thursday nights thing, instead only parades on weekends, and although my unit parades every single weekend, with the exception of a few, most units only parade on thursday nights, and maybe 1 or 2 weekends a month. Also, one of the things is in the reserves, family and civilian work/school, come before reserve training, thus they have made a rule that states that you must show up to only 1 training opportunity in a month. If you don't show up to that 1 day a month you go NES (Non-Effective Strength) and will be released, but since there are many other committments on a reserve soldier, they have put this rule in place, making it possible for those wanting to be in the reserves, to be in, and still juggle a normal civilian life as well. Hope that helps!