Its a private firm it doesn't do government contracting. They are an application service provider doing benefits management and absenteeism management.
As for commuting, the VRE is fine, for around $200 for a monthly pass. Then its another 70 a month to take the metro from Crystal City. If I take the commuter bus and the metro, its around $50 more. Driving from Manassas to Vienna and then taking the metro costs a bit less. Although with gas costs that may go up. The way I feel now I'm going to swallow doing the commute for the 6 months, then go for the telecommute. I was reviewing all the pros and cons of my current position, and this new job. The real drawback is the commute. and I think I can stomach that. But the 20% isn't worth my sanity at this point. >Larry, > >I understand your situation, I think it's time to move on. I'm assuming that >the new position is with a government contractor? There's a commuter train >that has a stop in Manassas, it stops at the Springfield Metro station and >from there you can take the subway in... > >I don't think that the 20% vestment is worth your sanity, it sounds like >there are great changes afoot at your company, and there not all good. The >mass exodus is your first clue that things are going down hill. > >Good luck... > >sas > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >4405 Oakshyre Way >Raleigh, NC. 27616 >(919) 874-6229 (home) >(703) 220-2835 (cell) >or at least some different points of view. > >I have a dilemma that I thought you'd all help me resolve. I've been at my >current job for almost 5 years now. Unfortunately over the last 6 months or >so this job has become extremely frustrating, and has become what I think as >too much like work. Our group has shed developers to such an extent that I'm >the last developer of what was 4 java and 2 CF coders. Needless to say I've >been expecting to take up the slack. In that 6 months I've seen a set of >what I think of as very bad decisions be made, that I think will harm the >company. Promises were made and never followed through. After the others >have left I've been expected to pick up the slack, without really having the >training or the skill set required. They finally sent me for some training a >month ago. > >Last week the last straw happened. The project that I had shepherded from >the beginning and had worked on for the last 8 months was taken away from me >and given to an outside company. Quite frankly from the work I've seen so >far, these people are simply incompetent. The best I can see is that they'll >ruin the app and blame its failure on me. > >Anyhow I just got a job offer that is very attractive, it means making quite >a lot more money a year, with the possibility of a telecommute after 6 >months. The biggest problem is that it will involve a commute into the DC >area. > >So the question is do I jump ship or wait to see if things improve, or at >the very least until I fully vest. Currently I'm at about 80%. I have about >6 weeks left before I fully vest. I don't think that this new job will wait >that long. > >So any suggestions will be appreciated. Also just in case someone from work >may read this please obscure my email in your responses, I really don't want >to have to deal with any potential retaliation from the pointy haired >bosses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260722 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
