[ale] OT: H1B: PLEASE DISREGARD EARLIER POSTS

[Jerald Sheets]

Yeah, but when you buy a home and car, a 10% cut can be brutal.

A friend has a home @ ~160k, and just lost his wife as well as Delta is
cutting them by 10%.  

A lot of the time you make plans and purchases based on what you make today
with the expectation it'll not go down, but up.  I know I wouldn't be able
to take a cut (but of course, my wife is handicapped, and I'm the only
income)

Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
(404) 293-8762
**********
>su -
Password:
# cat /dev/flood > /dev/earth
# rdev noah+beasts
# dd if=noah+beasts of=/dev/earth 

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Rickman
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:30 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: H1B: PLEASE DISREGARD EARLIER POSTS

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:10:43 -0500, George Carless <kafka at antichri.st>
wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:39:09PM -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> > There was a huge conversation on the Washington DC Sage group about 
> > this some time ago.
> >
> > They spoke about many cases were someone was fired at 70k for an H1B 
> > to take that job from them at 50k or less during the bust.
> 
> Well, just to play Devil's advocate-- perhaps the job wasn't *worth* 
> the 70k?  Even 50k is a pretty decent salary, you know...

I might feel sympathy for the 70k employee if the company just up and fires
him or her. However, many companies will just cut to the chase and tell you
that you're gonna have to take a pay cut. In my opinion, that's the
honorable way of handling a situation like that. The employee then has the
option of taking the pay cut or taking a walk.
If my boss came to me and asked me to take a 10% pay cut in lieu of getting
the axe, I'd take the cut. If he asked for 15%, I'd ask for some perks. If
he asked for 20%, I'd politely inform him that I planned to look for other
employment but would be willing to work at the reduced salary in the
interim. At 25%, I probably just walk, unless there were very clear terms of
reinstatement at a clearly defined date. Most folks wouldn't take a 1% cut
in my experience. High salaries often lead to inflated egos.

--
Jonathan
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale

--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004
 

-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004