[speaker001:] kind of options do you have in your work
[speaker002:] uh as far as other than salary like the fringe benefits um we get of course insurance paid we get our sick leave and and holidays paid
[speaker001:] um-hum that's nice
[speaker002:] uh earn vacation and uh of course the work place is is uh very uh it's a very nice area to work in
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um how about you
[speaker001:] well we don't get much
[speaker002:] you don't
[speaker001:] no we don't um we have to pay for our own insurance
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and we you know we do get the vacation but we don't get sick pay until we've been there a year
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and then um I think it starts after four days
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] if you've been gone five consecutive days then you get one day of sick pay
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh um it's real tough
[speaker002:] the
[speaker001:] for benefits
[speaker002:] the sick leave is according according to the status the way you're employed it has something to with the the way you earn your sick leave and uh you don't automatically get it
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] depends on your status
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] uh but uh really can't complain course the cost of uh living keeps going up salaries remain about the same and your medical benefits go up also
[speaker001:] that's the truth uh-huh if you can get some good medical benefits it makes a big difference
[speaker002:] it it surely does especially if you have a family
[speaker001:] um-hum right
[speaker002:] I don't but I know when you have children
[speaker001:] and you don't um-hum
[speaker002:] it can get to be quite expensive
[speaker001:] yeah I don't have any children but I do have my husband gets um insurance paid through his company
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but it's still cheaper for me to pay for mine through my job than it is to get onto his
[speaker002:] is that right
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] gee I I didn't realize that
[speaker001:] so until he's been there a little longer then maybe I can you know get into that
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but a little better but um
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] right now
[speaker002:] well do you think then salary is the most important
[speaker001:] no I really don't I really think that benefits
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] um help out a lot
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] you know with the positions um uh benefits you know like you said are are almost better you know that's a lot of pay
[speaker002:] that's true
[speaker001:] if you thought if you think about health because I think my husband and I went to um get health insurance from an outside agency once
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and it would cost just me alone two hundred dollars a month
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] to get basic health insurance and if you think about that on top of your pay it makes a big difference
[speaker002:] I know that my parents recently retired well not recently maybe the last six eight years
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh they had to uh buy a policy until something kicked in at a certain age and they were paying an enormous amount of money per month
[speaker001:] uh-huh it is unbelievable
[speaker002:] in order to maintain it really is
[speaker001:] and then my mom and dad have that Blue Blue Cross Blue Shield and I think that goes up every month
[speaker002:] um-hum oh yeah
[speaker001:] that is just something else
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] because they're you know at the retirement age and
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] and that's something too that's just unbelievable
[speaker002:] I know some of the companies when you do retire you're able to carry forward your retire your insurance benefits
[speaker001:] oh well that would be great
[speaker002:] wouldn't that be wonderful
[speaker001:] that would be nice yes it would
[speaker002:] but uh I don't know I don't know what else would there be besides your insurance and your holiday paid and
[speaker001:] yeah my my husband gets uh life insurance dental insurance and um life and dental and and health
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and then he also gets legal help legal aid
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and he also gets like he's entered into a credit union and
[speaker002:] oh yeah we have that
[speaker001:] and and all that that kind of helps out
[speaker002:] uh now that's true now we've started the EA where you can um if you have like a mental health problem
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] a drug problem or what have you uh mentally they they will provide services for that now too and that's wonderful uh
[speaker001:] well that's nice um-hum my my sister where she works has the HMO
[speaker002:] oh yes uh-huh
[speaker001:] which is something that's you know it's nice but you know it's great because you pay five dollars and you go
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and and your medicine is five dollars but if it's not an emergency you wait three months
[speaker002:] is that right well
[speaker001:] to get in um-hum that is um trying to think which one that is but I'm not it's a real popular one
[speaker002:] hum is it like Cigna or
[speaker001:] but um Kaiser Kaiser
[speaker002:] Kaiser
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] well we have that option at at work uh to choose that or to stay with our our company
[speaker001:] uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] that uh TI has desired to administer the insurance program
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but uh you can either go with the HMO or stay with with Aetna
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah I I'm going with Aetna
[speaker002:] that's what I'm I'm staying with
[speaker001:] well I'm just going to stay with the um you know I can go to my doctor I think I pay two hundred and fifty dollar deductible and that's it
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but yeah because she you know was trying to get into like an eye doctor or something like that and if it's not an emergency you wait for quite a while to get in
[speaker002:] um-hum well see now your eye doctor's paid for through the HMO
[speaker001:] yes yes
[speaker002:] ours isn't well I don't know about the HMO but through Aetna it is not covered no
[speaker001:] it's not yeah my isn't either but through the HMO it is
[speaker002:] oh that's interesting
[speaker001:] and I think eyes and and about every doctor you could about