Windows Media Player for Linux - in Prague

[Tony Hammitt]

I'm cool, don't worry about me.   We're on my wife's health insurance plan. (So
I don't even get that benefit, either.  It was an option, but why switch?).  Then
again, I don't have to deal with COBRA as I bounce around jobs.  Which is a
nice benefit in itself.

Thanks to all for your concern.  The lack of vacation is troubling to me, too
but I guess I'll have to put up with it.  This is to me just a Get-Out-Of-Debt
job so I can eventually go back to doing things I like more.  I guess what bugs
me about it is the paycut I took in coming here was about doubled when I
found out about the no vacation thing.  Irritating.  But as Mike suggested,
perhaps I should have been paying more attention and asking more questions.

Live and learn.  I hope you all have gotten some useful tips from this thread.

=-]

    Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Duston, Hal <hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: Windows Media Player for Linux - in Prague

> Mike Coleman [mkc at mathdogs.com] wrote:
> > 
> > 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...
> 
> So, Tony, do I owe you an apology? ;-)
> (The checks have cleared, so...)
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> COBRA with a pregnant wife.  I've done that.  Not fun.
> Unless she isn't on that plan, then doesn't matter as much.
> 
> > 
> > --Mike
> > 
> > P.S.  This is easy for me to say, since I'm not you.  :-)
> 
> Hal
> 
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