PERQs (was: I'm *ALSO* new to this list)

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Roger Merchberger wrote: Some PERQs have been rumored to have been PERQing here on this side of the pond, and are rumored to have been created as well over here. :-) Heh... try convincing the average personnel 'droidocrat in some large corporation stuffed with other 'droidocrats of that... strange things happen in those Dilbert zones [an extremely bizarre rendition of the "Twighlight Zone" theme song is heard playing off in the distance]. Funny thing, I think I may have just greatly offended a few of them when I sent them a bill for the time it took to complete a very long and annoying pre-interview technical questionnaire; apparently not a good company to work for if they got that annoyed. My suggestion is that we all start charging for our time during the interview process; if we all did it, the'd have no choice but to pay us. :-) Please pass the word, demand an independent consulting type of rate (e.g., between US$120 and US$200 per hour) for the interview time! Perhaps if all employees demanded to be independent contractors, we'd see lots of changes in Dilbertville. -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.net 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.net beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.