Re: worst RPG ever seen? -- RPG400-L

An earlier poster said that being happy in you job is worth an extra $10K. I
think that's very true, especially when you're at the point in your career
where you're looking more for stability than mobility.

On 3/1/06, FrankKany@xxxxxxxxxxx <FrankKany@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >10 and 12 hour days,
> >no lunch breaks... and most importantly, no recognition ....
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> Sounds like where I work now...
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> Frank W. Kany IV
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Unipres USA, Inc.
> http://www.unipres.com
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> 6.75 hours per day with 2 15 minute breaks and a 45 minute lunch....
> Anything more would be uncivilized.
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> I recall the days of working for private business...  10 and 12 hour days,
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> no lunch breaks... and most importantly, no recognition ....
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> Ron Power
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> 9 am to 4:30 pm ?  You only work half days ?
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> |To be totally honest here.  I don't let work drive me insane.  I just
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> |my job to the best of my ability and at 4:30 I go home.  I don't think
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> |more about it until 9:00 AM the next morning.  I don't get paid enough
> |(nor could I ever get paid enough) to let the worries of work follow me
> |home.  I leave them at the door when I leave.  I do get frustrated at
> |times, but never to the point where I would lose my sanity.  That comes
> |when I get home and can't get in the front door because the kids have
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> |blocked off with bookbags, shoes, sneakers and boots lol.  But work..
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> |I don't let that bother me.  but of course... I'm union too and work
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> |government so I guess I might be a special case.... :)
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