Job perksFollow

Does being able to "accidentaly" deactivate the access cards of people in the office complex that **** you off count as a perk?

And I'm the James Bond?!?eleventyone!?

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Either that or you're a Child prostitute

double post**please delete

Edited, Sun Oct 9 20:25:00 2005 by niobia

i **** 30-60,000 people off a day

I get to read history books, publishers send me review copies. Buyers offer me free merchandise so that I will carry it in my store. Evry once in a while I get a free lunch as visitors always ask me where is a good place to eat.
I get to post while at work. But I cant do it as much as I used to.

I work at a non-profit agency, so they make up for our tiny paychecks with some pretty decent perks.

-35 hr. work week. (8 hour days with a 1hr. paid lunch)

-Good medical insurance. If my insurance doesn't cover all of a bill, I take it into our accountant and the company covers the rest.

-3 weeks vacation and 2 weeks off around Christmas.

-Flexibility of schedule. They allowed me to change my hours from 9-5 to 10-6 to accomodate my school schedule. I still haven't switched back yet since I have graduated, that extra hour in the morning is too nice!

-My boss actually respects what I have to say and listens to my ideas. I can't tell you what a change this has been from other jobs. Definately feels good.

-I can sleep at night. I love what I do and I feel good that I am doing it.

ok, i'm curious, what is job #2? a competitor site?

Hmmm... Job perks.

There's the usual of course: Medical, dental, sick leave. A few weeks of holiday pay a year. Matching 401k. Stock options. Multi-K bonuses fairly regularly. All pretty standard.

Got a corporate AmEx card (no limit). Comes in handy when you have to rebuild a datacenter on the fly (just make sure to fill out the forms, or the bill can suck...).

But the money and bennies really aren't the big perks. It's the absolute sense of self dignity you gain from *knowing* that your skills are both valuable and valued. When you can write a cost analysis of some work you did and show how the expense you talked the money people into spending 6 months ago has already saved a couple million dollars, and will continue to save money from now on. When you build, not just a single computer, but a system of computers, software, and automation that does something really useful for a lot of people. When you know this because people name processes after you (ie: "Get me a gbaji report on that") because you designed the mechanism for generating that data into a format that people find useful and ultimately saves tons of money. When you've had engineers from companies like Intel ask you for a copy of some set of automation scripts you wrote because they're having the same problem that you solved 6 months ago. The knowledge that you can walk into a situation armed with *nothing* but your knowledge of your trade and handle it.

The old adage about knowing what to hit with the hammer really applies in my job, and IMO nothing beats the knowledge that you're actually *earning* your pay. Not just filling a slot of time for someone, but knowing for a fact that you generate more value for your employer then the salary you draw. There's an enormous amount of satisfaction from that...

Naturaldisater.
Gbaj IMO was only stating why a lot of us, myself included, do our jobs. Its not bragging if its true.
Of course he did do it as only Gbaji can.

Nono.. I do some writing for a next generation console site. I also post occasionally at a sister sites forum. I'd leave more breadcrumb trails than that if I was more confident that someone like proofsock or another twit troll wouldn't go over there and be... a twit.

But no, this is my MMORPG website of choice. Besides, noone can beat the Asylum!

Out of curiosity, how many days paid holiday do you guys get?

You get statutory holidays I assume (Christmas, New Year etc.), but what's an average holiday allowance stateside?

And if this is a double post, it's because The Document Contains No Fu[i][/i]cking Data!

I get 12 this year, plus 3 weeks of vacation, plus a week of "personal business" time. So, all in all, 6 and a half weeks of paid time off, not counting the odd sick day for mental health reasons. Add in the 4 and 5 hour days I work occasionally, the comp time I take and I would say I work close to 2500 hours (yes, that means I do a sh;t load of off hours work)