FSF looking for Sys Admin
Tom Buskey
tbuskey at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 10:17:01 EST 2004
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:57:49 -0500 (EST), travis at scootz.net
<travis at scootz.net> wrote:
>
> > The 5 minutes away part is always a variable, but the rest of the
> > "perks" are (IME) standard tech offerings.
>
> Totally, a mame cabinet, big woop. You're at work, you should be doing
> work, not playing games. :)
And if you spend lots of time at the games during work, it'll get noticed.
One place I worked at had a volleyball court & they'd play at lunch.
We had 6 per side with 2 rotating in (16 people!). But that was a
cultural thing.
> Living a 2min walk from work now I can say it is nice. Walk home for lunch
> and all that. But we also have facilites in Marlborough and Somerville so
> I have to travel to those now and then (I'm in Somerville today).
>
> I make okay pay for what I do. Would I travel up to an hour for twice the
> pay.. of course.
>
> > Someone else seemed to think that a new laptop and cellphone, along with
> > benefits and vacation, were big "perks", IMO those are just the standard
> > offerings.
If the company thinks I need a phone/pager, of course they pay for it.
If they want me to have remote access, they need to provide a
computer. That's standard for sysadmin.
btw - if you look at the construction industry, plumbers, etc need to
provide all their tools and work as an apprentice to get a license.
It's 3 (7?) years. They also have to travel to the work site, time
not counted (usually). We have it pretty good IMO.
> So you spend 30-40mins on the road to/from work. Big deal,
> tons of people do it. You may spend less time with the ones you love, but
> you can afford to get them a bigger place, a better car for you to commute
> in, and can take better vacations.
I used to commute 1-1.5 hours (one way) into Boston. That was on the
train so I could do some reading. Most of my jobs have been more then
30 minutes away (I'm in theLowell area).
That said, I agree w/ the travel thing. 5 days a week for 48 weeks
(vacation, sick time, holidays take out of the year) * 10 minute = 40
hours/ year. So each extra 10 minutes you spend commuting is a work
week you don't get to be home with your family.
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