RE: DBA - Job boundaries & perks

Um, Just when did I become Joan of Arc?

>From: Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: DBA - Job boundaries & perks
>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 07:01:39 -0800
>
>Quickly, while morale is high - GO FORTH AND SLAY ALL YOUR/YOUR COMPANY'S
>ENEMIES!!!
>;-)
>
>--Scott
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Carmichael [SMTP:carmichr_at_hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 7:21 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: DBA - Job boundaries & perks
> >
> > The CEO of the place I am now, just asked everyone in the company (less
> > than
> > 100 of us) to send him an email with our top 10 "best and worst" things
> > about our site and the company. And he MEANT it. He'll read them all,
>and
> > will actually listen and try to make changes where possible.
> >
> > At the staff meeting, when he handed out the bonus checks -- it was like
>a
> >
> > graduation. He called your name, you came up and shook his hand, got the
> > check and EVERYONE applauded. We sang Happy Birthday to a couple of
> > people.
> >
> > There is a LOT of work to do here. Long hours at times, work through
> > lunch,
> > work evenings and weekends at home. My junior DBA has to glare at me to
> > get
> > me away from my desk for a break. And I'm still barely running in place
>to
> >
> > keep up. And it gets frustrating at times (when I actually get 5 minutes
> > to
> > do my real work, and make an improvement I keep telling my boss "see
>what
> > I
> > can do when you let me do what I'm supposed to do?")
> >
> > I, like Jeff, took a pay cut to come here. And I've had offers since for
>a
> >
> > LOT more money. But the attitude of the people here, when I can get them
> > some information from the database that they can't find, or when I speed
> > things up, well.... an email saying "thanks, you rule" is why I stay.
> >
> > Tech is usually the "forgotten stepchild" of a company. No one knows who
> > you
> > are, what you do, and they only know your phone number to call and
> > complain.
> >
> > Not here.... we do company outings, heck, we went bowling (and boy am I
>a
> > lousy bowler -- and my teammates, kids half my age, just kept
>encouraging
> > me
> > and cheering me on). We know names and faces.
> >
> > Sometimes the perks are not tangible.... and usually those are the perks
> > that are really worth it. I have enough money to pay my bills and buy
> > myself
> > the occasional toy. More money won't make me happier. Being appreciated
> > does.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rachel
> >
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