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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (6272)	3/14/2001 12:07:27 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 59480

Good post! I've changed jobs 3 times in 30+ years. None of the times was it because of money; each time it was because of one of the other factors you mentioned. I did threaten to leave once because of money, but the company met my requests. That was fine with me; my only point of dissatisfaction was money; other than that, I didn't want to leave. I'm surprised that the cost of replacing a software engineer is only 50K; I would have expected higher. And I'm going to have to watch for Jeff's posts. Obviously a smart guy.

To: greenspirit who wrote (6272)	3/14/2001 7:08:31 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Geez you guys are making me blush! You have hit the nail on the head. Job satisfaction is much more then pay. I was recruited by a local company in the early 80's to be their national director of food sales. I left a job I loved for a huge raise in pay. I hated my new job and couldn't get out of there fast enough. I lasted less then a year and took a huge pay cut when I left. I actually think that pay is way down on the list of important items. If you don't like coming to work no amount of pay will change that. Work needs to be fun. You spend more awake hours with your co-workers then you do with your own family. When I am looking for a new hire I will discount someone immediately if I get the feeling that they are just interested in pay and a paycheck. They wouldn't fit in with our work family.