Those who would expect me to come back and do work for them for free--and whose opinion of me would be negatively affected if I didn't--are, by definition, unreasonable. I wouldn't count on being able to please them, no matter what I did.
Now, it would be an entirely different scenario of they offered to pay me and I chose to refuse payment because I wanted to help them out. But if they didn't even offer--if they *expected* me to work for free--then I would be disinclined to do so. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Supporting former employer On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM, John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > But refusing to help a former employer for free shouldn't affect good will > one way or another. Well, even if it *shouldn't*, it sometimes *does*. I find I have better luck planning my life around actuality than "should". And certainly, doing something for free gets you additional good will you didn't have before. Or somebody "owes you" and that might have some value. Every situation is difference, of course. But sometimes it's quite valuable to do something for free. -- Ben /VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
