RE: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent)

["Holder, Luanne" <Luanne_Holder -at- syntelinc -dot- com>]

	Sandy wrote: > 
> > There are three things we all want out of work:
> > 
> >         payoffs: money, options, perqs, respect, authority, ...
> > 
> >         self-respect: feeling you're doing good work, it's an important
> >            project, a useful product, socially responsible, ...
> > 
> >         reasonable load: not always 70-hour weeks, you won't die of
> >            stress-related illnesses, ...
> > 
> > If you're really good at this, you can have any two of the above.
> > No-one ever gets all three.
> > 
> 
> 
	 As a full-time employee I think I have all three. While the money
isn't top-of-the-line, I thinks it's fine considering my flexible hours and
the great time off policies. As the only tech writer in the company, I
certainly feel like my job is important and since I'm mainly documenting web
applications to support a paperless-office I feel I'm not only helping the
company but saving a lot of trees! The load is quite reasonable (generally
30 - 35 hours/ week) and did I mention the flexible hours. I'll even through
in a fourth thing that I want out of work that my current job provides -
intellectual stimulation. 
	 LuAnne Holder

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