Actually, your comments on health insurance are just the kind of thing I'm looking for.
For instance, I don't know how it works when an employee's family member has a pre-existing condition. How is it handled when you have a child with a legitimate need for continuing therapy? Does the employer just contribute the same amount to your insurance as it does to the other employees' insurance and you contribute your portion as a much larger amount because of the pre-existing condition, or what? I hope that isn't too intrusive a question; please forgive me if it is. I hope your son is doing well in physical therapy, Scott. I met a bunch of physical therapists a few years back and saw just how much good they can do for people. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Stroz To: CF-Community Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: Re: Employee compensation I know you don't want to hear this, but, it depends. it depends on a lot factors. For me health benefits would be a major factor. I have a son with cerebral palsy and he needs physical therapy twice a week. For others I work with, they could care less about health insurance. On 10/3/06, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For some reason the topic of employee compensation keeps coming up > recently in personal conversations, and my last experience with it was > twenty years ago in our family's previous business, so I'm terribly out of > date on the subject. > > What would you say is a good compensation package -- salary, benefits, > etc? The hypothetical person being compensated would be talented in the > technologies s/he is currently using, wanting to learn exciting new > technologies, blah blah blah -- typical headhunter BS description. > > Before you fire back with "Eight million dollars, company car, etc, etc," > I'm looking for serious answers -- if I can get them from you guys ;) I > could really use some perspective. > > Also, what are the intangibles you find most important in companies that > are hiring? Some of the people I've been talking with left a previous job > because of things that I would normally find trivial compared to employment > as a whole, but then again I wasn't there. > > One thing I've heard from lots of people I've talked to is how violated > they feel when they are forced to take drug tests or the like. And things > like background checks for credit or criminal history. I know there are > fields where things like this are considered necessary, but I'm narrowing > the scope to our industry because it's the only one I'm familiar with. > > Any feedback you guys can give me would be appreciated. I don't know why > this is so much in my mind, but when it gets like this I have to go all the > way through a subject before I'm done with it. > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
