jobs?

[zscoundrel]

I am halfway though my 14th month, but I had a decent severance package,
a wife with a good job, good construction skills and a network of caring
people to steer some non-I/T jobs my way.  I am getting by, sort of.
(OK, it gripes me that I can't justify a computer upgrade right now!)

The thing I find most amazing is the lack of vision in the business
world.  I applied for a $12.00 hour job with an I/T firm that was using
Linux.  I was willing to take a big pay cut to get into someplace that
was running Linux.  They passed me over because they felt the job was
'below me'.  (I had been making almost $50k before the lay-off)

I will never understand why someone would pass up the chance to get a
$25 per hour employee with proven skills for $12 an hour when they have
the chance.  It was supposed to be a short term gig - 3 to 4 months -
and they desperately needed the help getting organized.  I could have
done the job in 4 weeks and written documentation for the remaining
staff to follow to keep the process running.

Let's see:

$12 per hour for 3 months - $6240 PLUS taxes, ins. & bennies

or

$25 per hours for 4 weeks - $4000!  And I would have written online
documentation so their staff could maintain the system, and organized
more effective offsite storage to boot!

Of course this comparison is skewed, because I was willing to work for
the $12 just to work for a company running Linux.  In reality, it would
have cost them less than $2500!!!

Joshua Bergland wrote:
 > I am currently into my 5th month of unemployment, and am also having a
 > difficult time finding IT work.
 >
 > Just a quick thank you to those of you who have posted such helpful
 > suggestions, there are appreciated greatly.
 >
 > Thanks again,
 > Josh Bergland
 >
 > Walker (Zachary) Tippit wrote:
 >
 >> Hi, I'm entering my 12th month of unemployment since
 >> being laid off from Sprint, and I still can't find a
 >> job.  Does anyone here have any leads?  I have 10
 >> years of experience with Linux and TCP/IP networking,
 >> mostly in the ISP business.
 >>
 >> Thank you,
 >> Zachary Walker Tippit
 >>
 >>
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