Re: Today (Feb 26) IBM announcements

In article <rn1es3tmh3hfa5id1o6nohsctdpj76lmtb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Howard Brazee  <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:33:46 -0600, Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Contracting companies routinely pay for billable hours; straight time
>for overtime. 
>
>But I've done contract work where we had to post 40 hours of work
>regardless of how much over we worked.

I've been asked to do things like that.  I've refused on religious 
grounds; my mantra is 'work an hour, pay an hour'.

DD