[speaker001:] Brian in Plano, Texas. How are you doing today?
[speaker002:] Hi, fine, I'm Nancy. How are you?
[speaker001:] Great, Nancy.
[speaker002:] I'm in Plano also [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] You're in Plano also, huh?
[speaker002:] Yes, we're not too long distance today.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, good to hear. I was just talking to someone the other day from Pennsylvania.
[speaker002:] Oh, that was good. Utah, I've had a couple of, but that was it.
[speaker001:] Really?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] All right.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, good to hear, good to hear.
[speaker002:] Learned about their basketball team [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Which one?
[speaker002:] Uh, Jazz.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] The Utah Jazz.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah, they're, they're pretty good. They've got some
[speaker002:] That's what I heard.
[speaker001:] good
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] good, some good, uh, good players out there.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Well, you ready for New Year's Eve?
[speaker002:] I am.
[speaker001:] Good. Should we, uh, start this so we can,
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] What was your name again?
[speaker002:] Nancy.
[speaker001:] Nancy, that's
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] right, and I'm Brian.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] Just a moment [beep]. Okay Nancy, then I guess the, today's subject is benefits
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] in the job other than salary. What, uh
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] what do you feel are important to you or other people as, as crucial benefits?
[speaker002:] Well, I'm a little different than other people because I don't have benefits with my job.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I'm a nurse and I
[speaker001:] Oh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] work, I float
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] so that I have no benefits except higher pay
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] for doing that.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So I find that it makes up for what I pay for insurance and I, I make enough money by the hour to make up for that.
[speaker001:] To, to compensate
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] for some of the benefits.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it's cheaper for me to buy insurance by the month than to work staff someplace.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] And then I have my freedom. I can work seven days in a row and take a week off or whatever I want to do.
[speaker001:] Well, that, that's an excellent, so actually that is a benefit, uh,
[speaker002:] Well, it is to me. Most people prefer the security of nine to five,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] and weekends off and
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] knowing that their insurance is paid and their retirement, and I'm just really not interested [LAUGHTER] in
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] all that.
[speaker001:] Right, well I guess that's a good point, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I do belong to a, a large corporation or my, that where I'm currently employed and there's, uh, there's some different things, uh, one that you've already mentioned is, is health insurance. I think through our health insurance that I can get better rates as a, through a group plan
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] as opposed to going out and getting health insurance on an individual basis because I had to do that at one time when I wasn't employed with a large corporation and that got to be somewhat expensive, so I
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I think one of the benefits I, I see is the, uh, is the group, uh, group discount.
[speaker002:] Right, and especially if you have a family.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] Then I think it makes a big difference.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Yes, and that's, that's one thing I do have.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] If I didn't have a family, I don't think I would have, as, as a male or as a, as an individual of, in this stage of my life, I don't think I would have insurance, uh, other,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] I don't think I would go through that expense. One other benefit that you mentioned is the flexible work hours and in my previous job, I really enjoyed because they had what was called flex schedule where I could go and I could work, uh, nine hour days and have like Friday only work four hours
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] or I could do, uh, work four days a week at ten hours a day and have a, you know, three w-, day weekend.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] And make, uh, make my job flexible in that case.
[speaker002:] Could you change that as you felt like it or did you have to do it the same every week?
[speaker001:] Well, basically, yeah I had to do, that, uh, the same, uh, for about every quarter of the year. I mean
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, because I was in a, in a position of management I had responsibilities over people that, uh, I needed to make my schedule, uh, so that if I was not there I would have coverage by some other management personnel, so, so I, I think that, uh, that was a, that was an excellent benefit
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] that I really enjoyed and I don't c-, have that in my current operation, but, uh, you mentioned, uh, flexible work schedule and that's, that's good.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And, uh, what other benefits do you think are important?
[speaker002:] Oh, well, I guess,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] retirement, that kind of thing which I don't worry much about so [LAUGHTER],
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah, that's true.
[speaker002:] I just prefer to worry about today, probably not a practical attitude but that's who I am so,
[speaker001:] Well, and that's an individual thing.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Yeah, with, uh, with our current, uh, organization, we do have a nice retirement package and also a, a nice thing that, that we have in our corporation is a, uh, is a profit sharing plan where we can, uh, participate in the, the profits of the company. If we're, you know, if we've been there a while and we're vested, uh, which means that, you know, we have a, an interest, uh, in the company
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] that we can, uh, get some of the benefits of the, either the profit high times or, or in a sense, suffer during the low times and, uh, also, uh, in one of my wife's, uh, companies where she worked, they'd had a real nice profit sharing plan that, that,