Comment Re:From the across the desk (Score 1) 709
Consider your software... If you purchase 100 client access licenses for your server, then you can expect to be able to connect 100 clients to your sever. Not 101, 200 or more, just the 100 that you paid for. If you need more, you buy more.
On one hand, anyone who works in a "Professional" field (such as IT) is expected to maintain a certain level of current knowledge in the field - this means reading the journals, being aware of developing technologies, learning the new "essential" skills, and putting forth the extra time and effort it takes to improve one's job performance.
On the other hand, the employee who does these things expects, in return, to be compensated for the effort. The form of compensation may vary, be it favorable marks on performance appraisals, merit raises, bonuses, positions of greater responsibility, etc.
It's not about it being a "job worth working for its own sake" It's about the employee being a professional and doing the best job that can be done, and about the company paying for what it gets.
On one hand, anyone who works in a "Professional" field (such as IT) is expected to maintain a certain level of current knowledge in the field - this means reading the journals, being aware of developing technologies, learning the new "essential" skills, and putting forth the extra time and effort it takes to improve one's job performance.
On the other hand, the employee who does these things expects, in return, to be compensated for the effort. The form of compensation may vary, be it favorable marks on performance appraisals, merit raises, bonuses, positions of greater responsibility, etc.
It's not about it being a "job worth working for its own sake" It's about the employee being a professional and doing the best job that can be done, and about the company paying for what it gets.
