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RE: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent)
Subject:RE: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent) From:"Carnall, Jane" <Jane -dot- Carnall -at- compaq -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:23:31 -0000
Sandy Harris wrote:
> There are three things we all want out of work:
>
> payoffs: money, options, perqs, respect, authority, ...
>
> self-respect: feeling you're doing good work, it's an important
> project, a useful product, socially responsible, ...
>
> reasonable load: not always 70-hour weeks, you won't die of
> stress-related illnesses, ...
>
> If you're really good at this, you can have any two of the above.
> No-one ever gets all three.
Bruce Byfield <sings quote from _HMS Pinafore_> and points out that
contractors *can* have all three, and:
>My experience with full time employment is less extensive, but I
>still wonder whether you have to settle for two out of three. You
>may simply have to look a bit harder than most people do.
Certainly I'd say that any job that isn't offering at least two out of three
is not a job you want to stay with. It's not greediness: it's wanting to
live at ease with yourself, and believing that you deserve it.
Jane Carnall
O brillig de Twas, e os toves slithy fizeram o gyre e gimble no wabe. Toda
mimsy eram os borogroves, e o outgrabe dos raths do mome.
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