What does this have to do with Pentax or photography?
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From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)
> Gerald Cermak writes:
>
> >
> >This is exactly the kind of mentality that the CEOs of corporate America
> >would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy
> just
> >to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and
say
> >"thank you" and the end of the grueling soul-destroying day.
> >
> >I say "No, thank you", I don't want that, I refuse to take that attitude.
> I
> >am doing my employer a favor by working for them, not the other way
around.
> >
>
> Amen to that! I know this will sound crass, so don't take it to it's
> extreme, but I've found the only way not to get totally taken advantage of
> by American business is to start viewing MYSELF as a business entity. As
> such, I make business decisions based on what is best for the business,
not
> out of emotion or sentimentality, or fear.
>
> When multiple recruiters for a Microsoft contract were beating on my door
> offering me 33% less pay than the contract I had with the Public Utility
> company, I said no thank you even though I didn't have a job at the time.
I
> held out until I took another offer (not for MS) at 20% more than what I
was
> making. In fact it's widely known that people will work for Microsoft at
> lower pay because of the "prestige". They're also known to work very long
> days. Not for me.
>
> I know this doesn't always work and everybody's personal situation is
> different. But if the "corporate brain" believes your gullible or will
work
> for less they'll definitely maximize their profits by paying you less,
even
> though you're worth more.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
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