$33/hour on W2 for an Oracle DBA with no benefits? I bet they would love to have you work for that. At the very least, they need to provide benefits for that Salary. That's a junior DBA scale. On Jan 14, 2008 7:00 PM, Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No, that's not how it should work, I don't care where you live. If you're > a contractor, then it's okay to provide no benefits, but if you're on a W-2, > then I think it's fair to expect some benefit of being a full-time employee > (and barred from seeking other work, I presume). > > I'd love to play a game of "guess what company made you the offer", but > that would probably get negative very quickly and might get mean. > Regardless, I've already privately assembled a list likely possibilities, > just for my own enjoyment :). > > I don't know too many people that would be in a position to accept a job > with the parameters you stated. > > Dan > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:34:08 PM > Subject: remote DBA job - pros and cons. > > All, > > recently I am being offered a remote support DBA job and the hiring > company is asking me to quit my current regular position and work with them > for 33$/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 > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'