Windows Media Player for Linux - in Prague

[Mike Coleman]

Tony Hammitt <thammitt at kc.rr.com> writes:
> My employer is a small pharmacy software shop.  They have rather strange
> policies like no vacation at all the first year and like a couple of days
> (as if that's a vacation) the second year.  Also, they expect you to work
> uncompensated overtime nights and weekends, and you're on call sometimes,
> too.  And being a private company, when you bust your ass getting something
> working, the only person that sees any economic benefit is the boss.  It's
> not a good arrangement.  Funny how people keep leaving...

I've made my share of mistakes with job choices, so I can't claim to be any
sort of expert, but this just sounds bad to me.

I could see an employer not doing well financially offering their employees
less money (which you should only accept if it's in *your* best interest), but
not offering vacation time is just foolish, because it harms the company as
much as the employee.  Not only that, but they're purposely drawing employees
to them that are less good about looking out for their own interests.  A
worthy employer treats their employees as adults and expects a mutually and
equally advantageous exchange of benefits.

Long term, a company that's being stupid in this way is probably being stupid
in a lot of other ways as well.

Life is short, and you've got COBRA.  If your job sucks, don't just eat it.

--Mike

P.S.  This is easy for me to say, since I'm not you.  :-)

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