New experience

[Fred Sturm]

Way to go, Dave! I think the feeling of "belonging" and actually having 
some kind of ownership of the job was the best part when I went "employee." 
It still feels good, even if the pay sucks.
Fred

--On Tuesday, August 3, 2004 6:26 PM -0500 "David M. Porritt" 
<dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote:

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> Esteemed Colleagues:
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> I had a new experience today.  After 18 years of being a part-time
> contract technician at SMU in Dallas, I spent my first day as a full-time
> employee.  (It's been 30 years since I've had a real job!)  I don't
> suppose there is a really significant difference except for now getting
> benefits....and vacation, paid holidays etc.  It really is quite
> remarkable how much paperwork has to be done to accomplish something like
> this in a large organization.  As of today it's done.
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> It actually felt really good!
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> dave
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> Meadows School of the Arts
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> Southern Methodist University
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> Dallas, TX 75275
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> dporritt@mail.smu.edu
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