Here's my benefits package: Medical coverage (no deductible family coverage for $60/month) Dental coverage (included with above with "new this year" no deductible in preferred network) vacation (4 weeks plus 2 personal days) sick time (8 hours a month accrue, you start with something like 230 hours) Retirement benefits (multiple options to include 403b accounts, pre-tax bonds, etc) Life Insurance options (multiple options - I think I pay $20/month for 4 times my current salary) Disability insurance (multiple options) Flexible work schedule Casual dress Generous training allowance & book allowance & equipment allowance
I work at a University - so I accept lower pay and cubicle life for the above. It'd be kick-ass if I actually had an office or could have brought my dog to work, or whatever. But, the most important (and totally intangible) aspect of my work environment is my coworkers. If I worked with idiots, I'd be out of here. That's hard to quantify, though. 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 ago in our family's previous business, so I'm terribly out of date on the 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:216613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
