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VThornheart
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So, just to update those who were posting in response to the last question I asked here in H/A (where I was asking what I should do next with my job because they were underpaying me, overworking me, and not giving me health insurance).
As I said in there, I gave them until the end of the year... and as of today, the deadline is up. Their response to the healthcare has been that I need to wait until February before we can discuss it further, and they have made no mention of the aforementioned pay raise that they had promised.
The SBA loans they were applying for all fell through, so basically the company has no extra money to pay for either of the things I need, and I'm not sure if or when they'll be able to actually get such loans.
However, they have stepped up their pace of looking for inexpensive overseas developers. Apparently they want something for nothing, because they've rejected most of the estimates that have come their way for projects so far because it took longer or costed more than they were expecting. They had mentioned once that they didn't think it should cost more than $2000/month for overseas development, which was half of what I make (and I think was a subtle hint to me that they already feel like I'm making more than they wish I was). I don't think they're ever going to come to the realization that they can't get something for nothing.
So I've started looking and sending resumes. We'll see what happens... but I wanted to update everyone here. The search is on.
I wanted to thank you all for your help in that last thread. You guys rock.
As I said in there, I gave them until the end of the year... and as of today, the deadline is up. Their response to the healthcare has been that I need to wait until February before we can discuss it further, and they have made no mention of the aforementioned pay raise that they had promised.
The SBA loans they were applying for all fell through, so basically the company has no extra money to pay for either of the things I need, and I'm not sure if or when they'll be able to actually get such loans.
However, they have stepped up their pace of looking for inexpensive overseas developers. Apparently they want something for nothing, because they've rejected most of the estimates that have come their way for projects so far because it took longer or costed more than they were expecting. They had mentioned once that they didn't think it should cost more than $2000/month for overseas development, which was half of what I make (and I think was a subtle hint to me that they already feel like I'm making more than they wish I was). I don't think they're ever going to come to the realization that they can't get something for nothing.
So I've started looking and sending resumes. We'll see what happens... but I wanted to update everyone here. The search is on.
I wanted to thank you all for your help in that last thread. You guys rock.
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This is, basically, the culmination of the very problem that first brought us to meeting each other with PAX and the contest and everything. It's something I should've made a move on a long time ago, but I've been a coward about it. I've hidden from the real problem with my desire to be loyal to my boss... in reality, I've just been afraid of letting him down, and afraid that I'm not actually prepared for a job in the "real world" (i.e. the world of actual development teams, deadlines, customers, profits, and such). Heck, I was going to quit after coming back from PAX, but I just delayed it longer when I agreed to keep working for them as long as I could move out east to help my friends and work for them remotely... a delay that only gave me a few more months of feeling modestly satisfied before I had to face it again.
But I've got to step up now, and it's been a long time in the making. I applied to Liberty Mutual, who apparently has several offices in the town I'm in and the city just down the road. I'm throwing my resume to a bunch of other places as well... hopefully something sticks.