[speaker001:] okay uh do you work outside the home
[speaker002:] no I do not
[speaker001:] okay wow have you yes uh-huh
[speaker002:] do you have I uh no not actually
[speaker001:] okay well yes I do in fact I am at work right now uh and so let me take the lead uh Angela uh I think
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] what is really important uh of course salary is very important because that's why you are working for your for the money but job satisfaction to me is also uh very important in having a job and uh one of the things that uh she asked us to discuss was benefits uh I'm assuming that you are married and have a husband that supports you
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] okay and so we could we could talk about uh that path you know how important you think his benefits are and and and uh how important you think they are and if what would you like to see increased in his benefits like uh perhaps uh he has uh
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] the benefit of having eyeglasses for the family uh uh and how much coverage uh it provides and also your hospital coverage and uh um probably dental how important you think that would be
[speaker002:] right I I think that job wise benefits are important just as important as salary is
[speaker001:] because they of course if you did not have them you would be pulling from your salary of course right right
[speaker002:] exactly exactly especially when you have a family with children and you are always going to the doctor for
[speaker001:] and they always have surprises for you with children you know and so it's it is uh
[speaker002:] exactly they always do
[speaker001:] we could not do without the benefit package from from any company that we worked for whether they be a conglomerate or just a small uh uh business
[speaker002:] yeah I think any any even if your insurance policy is not the greatest
[speaker001:] you would still have something
[speaker002:] exactly you you would not be pulling it out of your account all of the time
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] just by yourself also for working women
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] uh I think a lot of the companies should start providing for day care in the in the in the building
[speaker001:] uh-huh they are getting a handle on that in fact uh my oldest daughter is uh is uh a nurse and she just received her masters degree and she is now into consulting and that's one of the areas that she is working on to have uh uh a day care center for the individual the children of the of the nurses that are staffing the facility
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] and that is true in many many areas of you know uh job titles
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and professions
[speaker002:] like in may case I have three children
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] from ages nine to two and it's just unfeasible for me to try to get a job because all the money that I would be making would be going to day care
[speaker001:] sure would it would it would be just futile
[speaker002:] and it would be just basically be me working to pay for them to be at a day care center exactly
[speaker001:] and they would not have the quality and they would be deprived of their mother yeah no I understand that totally
[speaker002:] besides which it would be easier uh there's a lot of single mothers out there now from divorces and a lot of women are starting to have babies without a partner and to go to work
[speaker001:] oh I hear yes that's true
[speaker002:] you are worried about your child besides which you have to get up earlier to take the child to day care and if they were in the same building
[speaker001:] right uh-huh
[speaker002:] then you are going to the same place and you could go for your lunch hour down and visit with your child or you know and take your breaks with your children or something
[speaker001:] yes do you do you think that you should fund that if they have that as a benefit if you would fund that somewhat from your salary that you are getting do you think that would be
[speaker002:] I think that I think it would be fair I think if if the company could not provide it all on their own for the for the people that would be using it you know a certain amount of their salary would go to it but it would still probably be cheaper
[speaker001:] acceptable I do too right that you right that's right with the company than than having to go
[speaker002:] with the company helping our if everybody you know pulled their own weight in it
[speaker001:] that's correct that's right yes I agree with that
[speaker002:] I think it would be really really great
[speaker001:] that would be fair
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I do
[speaker001:] uh and how how do you feel about uh let's see eye care
[speaker002:] eye care is good I don't I'm not sure I don't think we have that on our policy
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] but uh we
[speaker001:] vision I guess it's called vision care
[speaker002:] yeah it would be great I mean uh the glasses that the exams themselves are not expensive it's the glasses
[speaker001:] it depends on who has examines your eyes
[speaker002:] yeah that's true
[speaker001:] if you have an an ah optometrist or an ophthalmologist there's a vast difference in those two uh professionals
[speaker002:] right now like my right well like my mother she has to go for testing cause she has got
[speaker001:] glaucoma
[speaker002:] well she does not have it but she is like on the verge of it or something her eyes are changing and she has to be tested periodically and and those are expensive tests
[speaker001:] oh oh okay so yes uh-huh yes they are
[speaker002:] now I think your insurance covers her on that but you know for something like that
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh
[speaker002:] it that's just as bad as a medical you know that's
[speaker001:] right that's critical because she's in need of it so often yes
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] and you know we have uh needs in our life that are unique to us and uh you know people have needs in their life that unique to us to them
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] I mean we are all different so
[speaker002:] now I I would like to see bettle better dental insurance to me was that our beep
[speaker001:] well no that's my other phone
[speaker002:] oh huh
[speaker001:] so that's it that's okay my that phone is ringing to an empty desk and she's on vacation so it's okay
[speaker002:] okay but with the three children
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um orthopedic care um not orthopedic orthodontic ca re
[speaker001:] that's very expensive
[speaker002:] because on on a lot of the dental insurance they do not cover that well for the the orthodontal stuff
[speaker001:] yes that's true orthodontic work is terribly expensive especially when you have a lot of problems with the children teeth and
[speaker002:] yes it is uh-huh
[speaker001:] and you have to really get them when they are young in order to have uh not uh a decent smile when they are fifteen sixteen years old
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] I know two of my daughters had to have that and they started having extractions at age eight uh because they just had too many teeth for their size mouth
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and we footed the bill because there was not any such thing and when they were young
[speaker002:] right my middle child needs to have uh orthodontic he's because his his pallet is squared not rounded
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh
[speaker002:] and it affects his speech a little bit not not anything you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh major
[speaker002:] right but just enough that his bite is off a little bit and it's like four hundred dollars and my insurance is only going to cover like fifty of it
[speaker001:] uh-huh well I tell you I I just read an article in the paper about what they are doing I think it was an ad in in our publication at Texas Instruments where they are breaking the jaw and and lining the jaw up with the teeth it's it's less painful and less expensive
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] that sounds like it would hurt more
[speaker001:] I I know but it it's it's uh easier on the patient in the long run which amazed me
[speaker002:] oh gosh I I would much rather that do that to myself than make my five year old go in and do it that would kill me