The psych stuff can be huge. As some of you know I have PTSD. I take a lot of meds, go to therapy once a week and see a real shrink once a month. All of this is out of pocket because BC/BS says it's pre-existing and they refuse to pay for it, since it was incurred in the military even though I didn't have symptoms until I was on their plan.
Man does this crap piss me off. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:27 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Employee compensation > > 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:216641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
