Re: remote DBA job - pros and cons.

  • From: Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Vincent verpoort" <vincent.verpoort@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:16:08 -0800

I got his offer last week only. this company  Artek seems like a big body
shopper in new jersey. and they claim to have 100s of client in US.

On Jan 15, 2008 1:35 PM, Vincent verpoort <vincent.verpoort@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> haha yeah working in the Netherlands, here you don't even get a junior
> 1ste line service desk helper for that amount. Besides Working for home is a
> bit sucky. I did it and you lose the contact with college's and the drive to
> better your self.
>
> but if you still wanne do that, try looking on the dutch market rates fary
> between 70 and 85 euro's a hour and if you do it from home more like 65
> euro's a hour ( contractor of cource )
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 7:15 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Frankly, that doesn't even sound like a legal arrangement.
> >
> > As you would be paid hourly, and as an employee (W2)  I believe
> > that federal law required benefits provided for  anything over 30 hrs
> > per week.
> >
> > Plus that fact that $33 per hour is extremely low for a DBA.
> >
> > You can't even get SQL server DBA's for that.  ;)
> >
> > Jared
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008 3:34 PM, Prasad < p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > recently I am being offered a remote support DBA job    and the hiring
> > > company is asking me to quit my current regular position and work with 
> > > them
> > > for 33$/hr on W-2 with no benefits.  Well I am in no position to accept 
> > > this
> > > . but still would like to know if this is how it works.
> > >
> > > Thanks .
> > >
> > > -Prasad
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jared Still
> > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> >
>
>
>
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