NYCPHP Meetup

[Faber Fedor]

On 01/07/05 19:14 -0400, Chris Shiflett wrote:
> Matt Juszczak wrote:
> >I'm a PHP/FreeBSD/Linux guy and make $15/hour
> 
> If this is in the US (I realize other countries pay very little, and I 
> don't want to be insensitive), then you should leave. I can't even think 
> of a caveat to that. I suppose that if it's for a non-profit, and you 
> consider your employment to be a cross between a paying job and a 
> volunteer one, then it might be tolerable.

Agreed.

> I despise companies that take advantage of their employees. There's no 
> excuse for it - they only do it because they can get away with it. If 
> they offer you a raise when you mention leaving, you should leave 
> anyway. They've already committed their crime.

Huh? What crime?  If I offer someone $15 an hour to build me a website/cook a
gourmet meal/perform heart surgery and they agree, what have *I* done wrong?
Granted, I may get a crappy product/service but I may get a decent one
as well.  

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Faber Fedor
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