Say you have a full time offer. But then you find out you need back surgery and won't be able to work for 12 weeks which would mean you wouldn't be able to start until September instead of July or whenever analysts usually start. Would they be able to cancel your offer or would they just have to deal with it? A MM bank if that might add anything
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The offer is not legally binding, so yes, they could rescind it. 12 weeks is a large amount of time, especially since you probably would miss training. You should bring this up to HR ASAP. I would wait until after training, though.
First off, HR can rescind the offer. Even if you've signed the offer, Surgery can create an issue due to most states being Employment at Will. Not gonna lie, I'm sure you can get it squared away before you start training.
I think the issue here though, is what are you having done. Not all Back Surgery is Back Surgery. Not every procedure is the same. Getting a Thoracic Corpectomy, a or a Decompression, Fixation and Fusion can give you lengthier recovery times. A simple Decompression, maybe 4 weeks, if you're dilligent. And if you're doing an ACDF, I don't want to hear that you need 6 weeks; You can be back to work on a Monday after a Friday surgery.
You also need to consider that you're going to be a desk jockey. You are working in Finance. You sit at a desk. The recovery time is not going to be as brutal as you think.
When it comes to your health, you'd be surprised at how understanding and accomadating people are, so long as you bring it up right away and have an honest dialogue.
I can't promise you that no one would recind an offer, but if they do, it's not someone you would ever want to work for.
See if your school will be accommodating in terms of letting you complete work/exams remotely.
This is a good idea. School is more likely to be more accommodating so look into getting it done during school, or at least partially (although it would suck missing out on the end of your final year). I'd also look at it as a mix of the above responses: yes, the job offer can be rescinded so I'd be as proactive as possible with HR. Companies are generally pretty understanding of medical issues though-most people don't want the bad PR but 12 weeks is a long time. Unlike @Frieds who must be an orthopedic surgeon in addition to a finance guy... I don't know enough to specifically comment on your recovery time but I'd talk to your doctors and see what the recovery time is to go to a desk job. Is 12 weeks the time needed to start doing deadlifts with 3 plates a side or step back onto the gridiron at Lambeau or are you truly bedridden for 3 months and can't even sit at a desk? Most companies will also be accommodating with regard to getting you a chair your doctor can recommend that will help. So if you could somehow get your school to agree to let you do the surgery a few weeks before or at the end of classes and do finals from home (if you can study on painkillers) and assuming your job doesn't start the week after graduating, you may be able to get a 4-8 week period off there and just need a little understanding from the job when you start (different chair, you may need to get up and walk around during training, etc).
I could also be a Neurosurgeon... then again, I'm a a modern-day renaissance man, top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, finance guy, rock star and comic book hero. You might know be my stage name, Buckaroo Bonzai!
In all seriousness, Medicine's the family business. Not knowing the extend of the OP's injury, and that he's in Finance as opposed to manual labor or a job that requires any sort of lifting and carrying, the OP's recovery time should be much shorter than he indicated, especially if he is going to be sitting for long periods of time. Plus, if he actually sticks to therapy, is diligent and keeps on track with it, he should see gains from it. And then there is his age. I'm guessing OP is 22, so something like a fusion/fixation is highly unlikely unless there was significant trauma to the spine. Conversely, going in an doing something either intradural or with the spinal column itself, may take a bit longer to heal as well. It's all relative to the procedure being performed.
It's fusion for kyphosis correction. I've read different recovery times. Age 22. It's a pretty serious surgery.
All major surgery is serious. Any time a person goes under the knife under General Anesthesia, it is going to be a serious affair. That said, just because it's a serious surgery, doesn't mean it's not a technically difficult procedure. Based on what you're saying (I'm assuming here you're getting a Posterior Fix and Fuse, not an Anterior Fuse/Posterior Fix and Fuse, which can be used but adds significant amounts of work for that kind of fix because it's two separate surgeries being performed), as serious as it is, from a Technical standpoint this type of procedure is extremely straightforward. The only downside to your recovery time from this is the sheer number of levels that may be done. For a Kyphotic correction of the Spinal Column, you're talking 10 levels easy. You may be looking at a lot more than 12 weeks depending on how many levels operated on.
Even though you are not doing strenuous activities, which will help get you back in the office sooner, PT will definitely be your friend throughout this. I would definitely try and get the work done before you start, with at least 4 weeks of Post-OP time out of the way prior to day 1, and then discuss with HR about being able to work out a schedule that will allow you to get PT in along with completing your work and training. Considering it's for a Kyphotic correction, this might be a much easier accommodation to get as opposed to saying "Oh, I need 12 weeks up front".
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