For me part of it is just loving what I do and a push to have everything work flawlessly. I regularly work 50-60 hours a week and on salary. If I work a Saturday or Sunday I get that comped. That being said I also wonder why I do so much without proper compensation.
I live in the country on 1.5 acres so I do get away from technology when I want to. I take long lunches, get 3 weeks of vacation and 1 week of sick per year. I also have a good retirement that I think is pretty good, 12% of what I make is put into a pension plan and I also have a 401k that I put 10% into, with my work putting 6% matching into. I work in the private sector. On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 11:05 AM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was recently talking to a technician who works for a company we > sometimes hire for projects. He's salaried, but working just 40 hours in a > week is pretty rare for him. Looking at the poll in another thread and how > many of us are basically on call 24x7x365 for no additional compensation, I > have to ask… Why? Why, as a profession, do we allow ourselves to be treated > this way? > > > > Is it that the pay is just so good that it's worth it? I know a few folks > on this list have indicated that they get compensated pretty well, but my > sense is that most of us just earn average pay and aren't living the high > life. I'm not really sure why. We have skills that are in high demand, and > take years to develop. Why are we selling ourselves short? > > > > Personally, my pay is just so-so. For the area I live in (poor, rural, and > with a low cost of living) it's decent, and I do work in the public sector > rather than private—that's always going to hit you win the wallet. But I > generally get to make up the extra time with time off, a long lunch, maybe > going in late or going home early. Plus I get vacation and sick leave that's > pretty generous by American standards, and participation in the state > retirement system. So all in all, I can't complain much. > > > > But I know a lot of people who work in the private sector for pay that's > only so-so, and regularly work 60-hour weeks. > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
