At my place of employment we figure benefits are worth about 23% above salary.
Although I am a person-relative of Sox, I am not that person-relative! I am a totally different kind of pain in her arse. Just to be clear.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Feb 12, 2014 6:04:17 am PST #19948 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Burrell - Feb 12, 2014 6:13:54 am PST #19949 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Seriously, Consuela?!? Personally I think they should pay you way more, to make up for the pain and suffering of working for them.
Hil R. - Feb 12, 2014 6:19:22 am PST #19950 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I keep checking the weather for my flights -- flying to Chicago tonight, connecting through Detroit. It looks like the weather should be OK for going there, but possibly not for coming back on Friday. But if I'm a day or two late coming back, it'll be OK.
sumi - Feb 12, 2014 6:22:31 am PST #19951 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
I hear that next week we'll have temps in the 30s!
Connie Neil - Feb 12, 2014 6:35:57 am PST #19952 of 30000
brillig
Highs in the 50s--in Utah in February! 12 years ago we were holding the Olympics! We're having temperatures like Sochi, which is a summer resort! The upside is it should be raining for the rest of the week, which means snow in the mountains. Yay, water!
Sophia Brooks - Feb 12, 2014 6:44:50 am PST #19953 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
We have a 13% benefit rate for employees at my uni- the department has to pay that to central administration, and they use that pot of money to pay for our benefits.
This is the description of one of the lunches at work to day and it is making me laugh like a loon:
Oven roasted turkey complimented with a side of stuffing
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2014 6:47:54 am PST #19954 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
WTF Google Maps!?
Jessica - Feb 12, 2014 6:55:02 am PST #19955 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
WTF Google Maps!?
What happened?
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2014 6:56:06 am PST #19956 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's all different!
Dana - Feb 12, 2014 7:11:12 am PST #19957 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sheryl, this might be relevant to your interests, if you haven't already heard about it. Texas A&M has begun a filk collection.