Salary actually based on data from the area for comparable work. If, as an employer you promise a bonus given certain conditions, pay it if those conditions are met, every time (oooo, can you tell what I'm dealing with right now?!?!?)
Medical coverage that includes the full range of medical services: don't skimp on psych or physical therapy. Also, grab medical a plan that covers not only birth, but birth control. Vacation, vacation, vacation. 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 ago in our family's previous business, so I'm terribly out of date on the 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:216608 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
