[geeks] What do you get paid for wearing a pager?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 08:53:40PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
> Not for ANY amount of money.
> 
> I mean it.
> 
> If you do you'll be putting yourself in position for some of the worst 
> support experiences of your life and by the end you will have spent all 
> the money you earned doing this job and will have nothing but burnout, 
> lost time, and bad health.
> 
> Trust me.  I was foolish enough to wear one for 6 years when I was 
> starting out.  Never again.  And especially never where they officially 
> put you on the clock for 7 to 7 but don't have to pay you for that time 
> that you're not at the office.
> 
> It's the fast track to "living to work" my friend and I would run very 
> hard and very fast to get away.

Extremely well put.

Geoff.
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