Stumped
I usually love Dilbert, and Tomoe always knows when I am reading it because I am laughing. But some of them I just don't get. I'm stumped.
Why would the prospect of becoming a "regular employee" (or seishyainn in Japan) ever be a motivator? I have to say that I am actually motivated most now by the fear that my current client will say "We only want you if you agree to become an employee". It motivates me to do extra-good work so that I will be too valuable to turn away when I say "No thank you. Let's just keep a contract/client relationship."
The last contract talk we had they said they wanted me to join and I declined, on the basis that I would love to work with them, but not for them. So for now it is "trial period II". And if all goes well there will be a trial period III.
I think I have a commitment problem.
Of course, in Japan I can get health insurance without a job.
Comments
Full-timers, at least back in the States, make substantially more than part-timers. Plus, bosses dump all the crappy projects on temps and, like you said, no health insurance. Maybe Japan IS bizzaro-land!
Posted by: unrelatedwaffle | April 18, 2006 07:49 AM
Hmmm. In my case I see it as jsut the opposite. By beinga contract employee I have more freedom to choose to contract only for the jobs i am interested in, and get paid only for my output. The full-time employees are always getting dumped on with extra stuff that is not directly related to their projects - because the boss is trying to squeeze every bit out of their time as can be squeezed.
And I think I make substantially more as a contractor than I would as a full-timer. Maybe not always in terms of gross income, but if I were to break it down by hourly wage. -again it comes back the idea of getting paid for time sitting at a desk, or getting paid for the project output. Of course, sometimes I really screw mylsef over by underestimating how much work it will be, and I end up getting paid less than if I was a full-timer, but even then at least I know it was my own responsibility and I can learn how to do it differently the next time.
Posted by: kevin | April 18, 2006 09:21 AM