Thanks to all who weighed in! I accepted the position at a salary level I still can't live on. I guess I just thought at this point in my life, with a valuable skill set to offer, that I would be able to bring home a paycheck that covered the basic monthly expenses like mortgage, utilities, car insurance. I also have a kid in college. It's not like a live in a two income household. If I did then the salary I just accepted would certanly be a sweet addition to the family income.
Apparently I missed out on a real money making opportunity with the "DC Madam" It seems her clients especially preferred older women. I kid! I kid! I would never do that. http://rawstory.com/news/2007/DC_madam_provides_new_details_of_0504.ht ml --- In [email protected], "Gina Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm so glad I'm (reasonably comfortably - thanks to husband's foresight, not > my own) retired and don't have to deal in today's nasty, brutish labor > market. It seems society is ever more polarized into the well-off (what's > YOUR problem) and the exploited poor (can't afford to take a day off...gotta > work two jobs...) > > Even PhDs I know working at universities aren't actual employees, but > contract workers - worked very hard for as little $ as the employer can give > them. (And they like teaching, and have futile dreams of eventual tenure, > and no other job prospects in their fields, and so accommodate the > employer.) > > I used to work for a temp agency because I didn't much care for my field of > endeavour (secretarial) and at least I wasn't stuck in the same place > forever. At one place they liked me, it was pretty bearable, and they hired > me - but didn't chisel me down. As mentioned, the company pays a lot more > to the agency than the temp ever sees, so the company is still getting a > deal if they give the temp more money as an employee than she was getting > from the agency. > > Not to gloat, but I've heard American friends taking jobs they weren't keen > on, after temping, just for the health plans... We in Canada don't have to > worry about that. (We all pay for health thru our taxes, and, while > grumbling, manage quite well. Here in what is officially the poorest county > in the country [tho I would have thought that someplace in the Maritimes > would have claimed that honour] there seems to be no shortage of boats and > all-terrain vehicles and such.) (And despite the propaganda about, shudder, > socialized medicine, and our own headlines about long waits and what-not, I > and mine have always got prompt, excellent service, from cat scratches to > palliative care...) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't waste time standing in line—try shopping online. Visit Sympatico / MSN > Shopping today! http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca >
