Training costs are a biggie that I forgot. I won't work for a company that isn't going to pay for CF United :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Employee compensation > > Competiive Salary, based on cost of living in a particular location (where > someone actually does the COL research) > 401K > Inexpensive insurance (with all or a large part subsidized by the company) > With prescription benefits (low co pay) > Real Training benefits, where the company pays for training ahead of time, > not the "you pay for it and we'll pay you back when you > finish.....eventually" > Training includes seminars like CFUnited > Book allowance > Metrocheck (it's a program where the company pulls public transportation > costs pre tax, up to a certain level) > > Cool stuff > Product discount programs > Anyone who's a Dell business customer can set this up for > their employees > Company parties > Company outings (team building) > Pool Tables, Foosball, air hockey, video games etc. > > > > Scott A. Stewart > REAC/PASS-IT > (202)-475-8875 > > > > > "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 10/03/2006 10:57 AM > Please respond to cf-community > > > To: CF-Community <[email protected]> > cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) > Subject: Employee compensation > > > 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:216638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
