Re: Professionalism and pay (was RE: 'Know thy audience')

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

This can happen to any profession.  The only thing that prevents it
from happening is a shortage of qualified people who will not stand
up and say "thanks but no thanks" when told the job they're being
interviewed for (or are already doing) is or will be classified as
"non-professional."  You don't really think businesses that hire
doctors or lawyers care one bit what the medical or bar associations
(or for that matter, the US DOL) say when deciding how to classify 
and compensate their employees, do you?

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>

> But the fact that our job description can be codified into law as 
> non-professional is a real and troublesome aspect of our quest for 
> stature and standing in the business model.

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