On 8/2/2011 3:11 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:15 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC< > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8/2/2011 1:44 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >>> I'll bet we've all got one of these horror stories. >>> >>> In 1995, interviewing with a prestigious financial firm in downtown >>> Boston for a senior VFP position, the CTO told me that, in an effort >>> to address the increasing backlog of IT work, they had instituted >>> mandatory emergency overtime... two years ago. >>> >>> I was tempted to ask him how that was doing at fixing the problem. But >>> I had learned all I needed to know. >>> >> >> >> Let's hope they were at leasting paying for that overtime (at 1.5 times >> the hourly rate) and not just telling the poor bastards that they were >> expected to work an extra 10-15 hours every week for no more pay. >> >> > I guess you've never worked a salaried position.
Oh I did. I knew after pressing Send I should have shared my related story: back in 1999, I was working about 50 hr weeks already for maybe $30k. The person who took over my old position in the company left, and they wanted me to take over my old duties (in addition to what I was already doing in my new position). They wanted me to add 10-15 hours extra every week. They brought this up at the department meeting in front of everyone. I laughed and said "Sure! Just pay me for an additional 10-15 hours/week and I'll do it!" Well, you would have thought I was throwing out racial/ethnic/sexist slurs or something with the way that everyone looked at me. I mean, these people were looking at me like "HOW DARE YOU ASK FOR MORE MONEY FOR THAT?!?" I couldn't believe it. I went back to my desk and created a very simple spreadsheet showing them that in just one month's time, I would have worked 1-1.5 weeks for free. Let's go on the low side with just 10 hrs extra per week. That's giving the company 1 free week of my time every month. Then, the spreadsheet just carried it out, showing them that in one year, I WOULD HAVE WORKED 3 MONTHS FOR FREE. Only then did some of them get it. The others, well, let's just say ignorance was bliss for them. Um, NO....NFW am I working for free at those levels of abuse. NFW! I left that job for one that paid $14K more and only worked me 37.5 hrs/week. Plus the benefits (including 401k dollar for dollar match up to 6%) were better. You can imagine how happy I was!!!! :-) -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
