Daily Words 2/1/6: On the American Work Ethic

[flwyd]

The nice thing about salary is you know how much money you'll make in advance. The downside is that how much money you make is not directly correlated with how much or how good your work is.

I have just determined that after taxes, health care, and 401(k) I earned about $10 per hour in January. That's the same take home pay I earned when I was a Little League umpire in high school. Back when I didn't have to pay rent, buy food, or stay up until 2am entering my time for the month.

I might enjoy entering my time more if our Time & Expenses program was named TNA instead of TNE. But only marginally more.

Comments

[malakim-angel.livejournal.com]

thank you! you're validating my decision to not work for a big company, and get $10/hr at the Co-op instead :D