>>If you current employer walked in tomorrow and said he didn't have enough money to meet the payroll, what would you do?
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>Actually, that already happened a few months ago and there have been several pay delays since then. Fortunately, they have only lasted for a few days, but who knows how long the delays could be in the future. (It's a shame too, because this is a good place to work, and I have a lot of influence on the technical direction for the future.) Anyway, at that time, I put my resume out, but haven't received any interested parties for full-time permanent work. This is the first long-term contract that has been presented.


Your $10-15K increase may be cut substaintially by the fact that you could be paying an additional 7% FICA tax, i.e., you'll be paying the whole 15%.

Franklin seems to be like Lincoln... not a real hot data center, so programming jobs are scarce. How "far and wide" have you cast your resume?