amen to this. I once took one job over another job becuase it had health insurance. Come to find out, it would have cost almost a thousand dollars a month, and this was in 1999. I am ok with contributing to the cost of the program but that was ridiculous and I did without until I left, which was soon, as I felt that significant information had been withheld.
Dana >Having said that I'll never work for a small company again without >checking out the bene's carefully. in my last position, I got raped on >prescriptions. > >Scott A. Stewart >REAC/PASS-IT >(202)-475-8875 > > > > >"Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >10/03/2006 11:30 AM >Please respond to cf-community > > > To: CF-Community <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) > Subject: Re: Employee compensation > > >How inexpensive must health insurance be? I'm looking for an actual >dollar figure for the employee contribution, and how much the co-pay >should be. > >One other question I guess is relevant: do you currently receive a >compensation package that is the same or nearly the same as the one you >describe? If not then what's missing? And why wasn't it important enough >for you to turn down your job offer? > >I ask because my talks with people have been somewhat heated about things >they currently don't get, so I wonder why if it's so important that it's >still considered optional. >Respectfully, > >Adam Phillip Churvis >Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer >BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > >Get advanced intensive Master-level training in >C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at >ProductivityEnhancement.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: Employee compensation > > > Competiive Salary, based on cost of living in a particular location >(where > someone actually does the COL research) > 401K > Inexpensive insurance (with all or a large part subsidized by the >company) > With prescription benefits (low co pay) > Real Training benefits, where the company pays for training ahead of >time, > not the "you pay for it and we'll pay you back when you > finish.....eventually" > Training includes seminars like CFUnited > Book allowance > Metrocheck (it's a program where the company pulls public transportation > > costs pre tax, up to a certain level) > > Cool stuff > Product discount programs > Anyone who's a Dell business customer can set this up >for > their employees > Company parties > Company outings (team building) > Pool Tables, Foosball, air hockey, video games etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216726 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
