Deanna, I looks like the pattern is pointing to benefits and intangibles over salary, by far.
A whole month of vacation? Do they spring for the tanning lotion, too? And you get 230 sick hours to start with? Was that a typo?! 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: Deanna Schneider To: CF-Community Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Employee compensation 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:216622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
