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| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 04:05:13 pm --- --- Quote from: paulca on August 20, 2022, 01:53:50 pm --- --- Quote from: madires on August 20, 2022, 01:23:50 pm ---Salery? Shouldn't it be called compensation for personal suffering? >:D --- End quote --- Your not far off the mark with that. Often you just get called in and given a pay rise. When you ask why, they say, the market is changing, we want to keep you. It's pro-active retention "pay increases to remain competitive in the market and limit attrition". Take a look at what the new startups in town are paying while poaching staff and bump the employees you want to keep close to that figure. I once openly referred to it (my end of year bonus), as "danger pay" and got a wry smile out of the senior delivery manager of understanding, and then asked not to call it that. --- End quote --- The way out is to become self employed. No more office BS and politics to deal with. But usually you still get invited to BBQs and Christmas dinners. --- End quote --- Yeah. But still need to be careful and clearly set your limits and your own policies. Because some clients will try to treat you as if you were an employee. |
| pcprogrammer:
The whole security business is being taken quite far and not just in the framework paulca is talking about. Go and apply for a bank account and see what kinds of questions get asked there. Or even when you have an account and they want more information from you. This all of course under what ever law to prevent laundering and terrorism. And when you don't comply they start threatening with blocking or closing your account. Saw mentioning online of people who had to answer questions about political orientation of them and their friends and relatives, but personally had to answer questions about how much money I make, and how much money I have to spare, and so on. My standard first response is "none of your business, and totally irrelevant on the subject of laundering and terrorism". Only after a while I will cave in and supply somewhat false information, because still none of their business. The government knows how much money I have and what I earn due to tax declarations, on which I'm honest. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on August 20, 2022, 12:24:33 am --- --- Quote from: emece67 on August 18, 2022, 07:36:56 pm ---I realize now that my opinion about some other people on this thread has changed. In some cases dramatically and to worst. --- End quote --- You wouldn't believe the number of people think that pineapple on pizza is a good idea. How can anyone possibly fraternize with these deplorables? --- End quote --- I absolutely love pineapple on pizza and don't understand why some people really do seem to have such a strong emotional response to that. All they have to do is what I do when encountering any number of foods I loathe, I eat something else. |
| SiliconWizard:
But people who don't share our own tastes should be silenced, right? Because that's clearly offensive. :popcorn: |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 04:05:13 pm --- --- Quote from: paulca on August 20, 2022, 01:53:50 pm --- --- Quote from: madires on August 20, 2022, 01:23:50 pm ---Salery? Shouldn't it be called compensation for personal suffering? >:D --- End quote --- Your not far off the mark with that. Often you just get called in and given a pay rise. When you ask why, they say, the market is changing, we want to keep you. It's pro-active retention "pay increases to remain competitive in the market and limit attrition". Take a look at what the new startups in town are paying while poaching staff and bump the employees you want to keep close to that figure. I once openly referred to it (my end of year bonus), as "danger pay" and got a wry smile out of the senior delivery manager of understanding, and then asked not to call it that. --- End quote --- The way out is to become self employed. No more office BS and politics to deal with. But usually you still get invited to BBQs and Christmas dinners. --- End quote --- That's much harder in the USA than it is in other parts of the world as our healthcare is mostly employer provided. Getting health insurance as a self employed individual is exorbitantly expensive, as in >$1k/mo. It's definitely an aspect of our system that I'm not fond of. |
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