Comments | betacentauri: Pretty sweet

betacentauri

Pretty sweet

Oct 13, 2006 23:13

Effective October 16, I will be a full-time employee ("Software Engineer" title) at COPAN. They'll be paying me my contract rate (in salary form) plus benefits. 3 weeks paid vacation plus 10 paid holidays. 100% of my medical premiums. This is pretty damn sweet ( Read more... )

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Great news! cmeador October 14 2006, 20:43:59 UTC

I just got offered a FTE position as well. The pay will be slightly less than my contract rate, but it will be worth it to get the benefits.

Re: Great news! betacentauri October 14 2006, 23:47:50 UTC

Yeah, it's a good deal if you have no plans to work any other jobs on the side. Getting medical benefits means you get twice what the medical costs (since you don't pay for it out of paycheck, but it is still paid for). At least in my business you have to sell your soul to the corporation, but it's a small price to pay for what is basically $7-10k more per year for singles and even more for married people with kids. Plus paid vacation (which you would normally get nothing for). Most benefit plans come with some extra benefits that can be worth up to another $5k or so a year as well. Hell, tuition comp alone could be that much. And then a lot of places offer subsidized fitness/internet/etc. And then there's not having to pay FICA tax if you were a 1099 employee.

Hope your opportunity pans out. Where will you be working? Location, company, kind of work?

Re: Great news! cmeador October 15 2006, 00:12:47 UTC

My job description wouldn't change. I'd still work from home as I do now, working with math content on predictive academic assessment products (i.e. writing math tests).

Re: Great news! betacentauri October 15 2006, 21:16:45 UTC

Oh yeah, I see. Do you like that kind of work? Why?

Are these tests administered on large populations? Say, 100,000+? I wonder what kind of psychological factors you have to consider in such a large pool.

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