I prefer "dumb-a$$ way to avoid human contact" over "e-mail" or other variants. ;-) I think more people should be brutally honest in their communications with current or prospective employers. When I was up for renewal on my contract, I did up a promo package and included a letter I received from another employer that had salary info on it and also the rates of the other local guy who can do what I do. Now these were astronomical figures to a non-profit organization and I didn't expect them to meet the wages, but I believe it was instrumental to me getting the 50% raise. I was honest and told them, "Listen, I like what I do and what this organization does, but if you can't meet my meager request it's no skin off my nose. I can go work elsewhere for nearly 10 times as much." We have a near-formal dress policy here. Some days I don't wear dress slacks or I'll wear my Birk's. Sometimes people say something. I have to reply, "Hey, I can afford only so many dress pants and it's laundry day." Or with the Birk's I say, "Hey, I'm doing a project for you for a tenth of what it would cost to get it done anywhere else, cut me some slack!" You've got to be honest and know your worth. So far so good. It might bite me in the butt later, but I'm prepared for that. (No I didn't encrypt all my code so I can hold it over them, although that IS an interesting idea..... <eg> ) Guy www.guymcdowell.com/coffeecode.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
