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Old 06-30-2009, 05:46 PM
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As a consulting engineer I am paid only for work I do. I do not get a dime paid vacation or sick leave. I do not get any insurance benefits, I pay all my social security (no company contributions) and I have no guarantees of anything.
That's just part of the compensation package though, how many people will take a job with less pay in pocket because it has better 'bennies'? Looks like you've done the opposite to an extent, you've swapped bennies as being part of your compensation to just straight pay. People value things different, nothing wrong with that.

This is besides your main point, there is a sense of entitlement going around and it is not doing us any good and I agree with that.
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