On Jul 6, 10:32*pm, GC Boater wrote:
I'm doing my part to ease unemployment. I'm hiring another
writer *for my staff. Will be putting the ad on MONSTER.COM and in the
Wash Post.
*I need more staff because 2004 is a major election year and business
*booked to date indicates we'll be drowning in work. We need to hire
a
*production coordinator, too. It has very little to do with the state
of
*the economy, other than using it as reason to defeat Republicrap
*candidates.

* *We have first-class benefits, including a top-of-the-line health
* *insurance plan, a non-contributory defined-benefit pension plan, a
401k,
* *and a life insurance policy equal to annual salary. We contribute
a
* *share of profits to the 401k on behalf of the employee. Our
employees
* *pay $4.50 for generic prescriptions and $8.00 for non-generics,
but
* *that's going up next year to $10 and $15. New employees get two
weeks
* vacation the first year, and that goes to three weeks the third
year. In
* *addition, we have 12 paid holidays and we shut down from noon on
* *Christmas eve to the day after New Year's Day. We also provide 20
days
* *of paid sick leave a year. And we have an outside company
administering
* *pre-tax flexible bennies for our employees.
* *Our fringe benefit package follows the trade union model, except,
of
* *course, for the profit contributions to 401k's. Trade unions are
* *not-for-profit enterprises.
* *How do these compare to the bennies at your shop?

* *…. Our business is up because we're on the cusp of an election
year. Our
* business always goes up in a major election year.
* *You could say we're going to be doing very well in 2004 because
Bush is
* *such a total failure.

*The 20 paid sick days aren't part of the "paid" days off unless
those
* days are used. None of our people abuses sick leave. In fact, no one
as
* yet has even come close to using 20 sick days in one year. They're
there
* *in case they're needed.

Oh, I forgot. We also provide everyone with LTD.
*The company provides an insurance plan that pays 50% of an employe's
* salary for Long Term Disability. *Employes have the option of
purchasing
* *an additional 16.66%, bringing their total to 66.66%. *The basic
benefit
* *maximum is $4,000 per month. *With the buy up, the limit is
increased to
* *$10,000 per month.
*

Blah, blah, blah, blah....sock-pupett