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FILENAME:	4644_1352_1669
TOPIC#:		345
DATE:		920410
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:		AEE
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	3
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        There was a clicking noise and line noise on A's side and
music on B's side.

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o          A.1 utt1:  <Clicking> {D Well, } {F uh, } preferred benefits, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.1 utt2: I worked for a large corporation in the past  /
sv          A.1 utt3: {C and } I think large corporations can give better benefits than small corporations because, right now I'm working for a very small corporation where the owner is right there  /
sd          A.1 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, } there is a lot of profit that's coming in  /
sv          A.1 utt5: {C but } when it comes to, {F uh, } small corporations they seem to pocket it a little bit [ quick, + quickly, ] or whatever, or however you want to say it  /
sv(^q)          A.1 utt6: {C and, } {F uh, } the benefits aren't as great when I worked for a big corporation because the big corporations seem to look at its employees and say okay  /
^q          A.1 utt7: we've got this amount of money,  /
^q          A.1 utt8: let's put into this plan, this plan,  /
sv          A.1 utt9: you got Four Oh One K plans.  /
sv          A.1 utt10: You have, {F uh, } better vacation plans, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.1 utt11: you have, just in general, maternity leave plans --   

b          B.2 utt1:  <Music> Uh-huh. /  

+          A.3 utt1:  -- [ tha-, + that ] kind of thing.  /
sv          A.3 utt2:  Big corporations are able to do that versus small corporations, {F uh, } {D you know, }  /
sv          A.3 utt3: they just don't have the money or just feel that there isn't the need for it.  /
sd          A.3 utt4:  {C So, } I've worked for both big and small  /
sd          A.3 utt5: {C so } I've had a chance to kind of take a look at, {F uh, } the pros and cons of both. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.4 utt2:  [ {D Well } I've worked for, + {F uh, } {D well } I worked for ] H and R Block here in Massachusetts --   

b          A.5 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- for awhile. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.8 utt1:  {C And } the only, - /
sd          B.8 utt2: they even hate to give out unemployment --   

b          A.9 utt1:  Sure.  /
b          A.9 utt2: Uh-huh. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- at the end of tax season because --   

b          A.11 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- [ [ they, + {D you know, } they're ] + fairly, even though they're ] a large scale company, [ [ they're very, +   

b          A.13 utt1:  <Noise> Sure. /  

+          B.14 utt1:  the offices, ] + the individual offices are ] very small -- /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  -- {C and } now I work for the Framingham <<mispronounced>> school [ tea-, + system ] because I'm a teacher. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.17 utt2:  Sure. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } we have much better benefits, {D you know, } in the system. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  We have a good pension plan.  /
sd          B.20 utt2: {F Uh, } let me see, we have a profit sharing plan to a degree. /  

sv          A.21 utt1:  That's pretty good for, {D you know, } being [ a, + a ] school district type program. /  

aa          B.22 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.22 utt2:  {C And } we have the eye glasses, the health care --   

b          A.23 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- # and # the whole kit and caboodle because what --   

ba          A.25 utt1:  # Wow. # /  

+          B.26 utt1:  -- # they # did is they threw all the town employees in together. /  

ba          A.27 utt1:  That's extremely good.  /
o@         A.27 utt2: #  ((   ))  # --     *[[slash error]]

b          B.28 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
x          B.28 utt2:   ((   )) . #   

+@          A.29 utt1:  -- {D like } the small corporation that I work for.  There's no pension plan -- /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Really. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  -- there's no type of, {F uh, } savings of any sort that the company will reimburse you for.  /
%          A.31 utt2:  There's really, - /
sd         A.31 utt3: I think you're allowed [ so many times, + {F uh, } I think two or three days ] [ a w-, + a year. ]  /
sd          A.31 utt4:  It's not accumulative, type of sick  leave --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Oh! /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- {F uh, } {D you know, } things like that.  /
sd          A.33 utt2:  {C So } I've been looking at big corporations and saying, the big corporation that I've worked for in the past had the pension plans, had the big [ health, + health ] care, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.33 utt3: you had your insurance  /
sv          A.33 utt4: {C and } you didn't have to pay in as much as if you go to [ a, + a ] very small place.  /
sv          A.33 utt5: {F Uh, } they don't have as good as insurance packages as big corporations.  /
%          A.33 utt6: {C And } <<very faint>>, -/  

aa          B.34 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.34 utt2:  The only trouble we've had here in Massachusetts is the town and  state employees --   

b          A.35 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- have run into problems, especially the retired ones.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: My father's retired from the town of Framingham -- /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  -- {C and } he said that they haven't gotten [ a, + a ] cost of living raise --   

b          A.39 utt1:  # No. # /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- # in over # --   

b          A.41 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- # five # years. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.43 utt2:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.44 utt1:  # {C And } # he said that's the only thing that really stinks as far as being retired  /
sd          B.44 utt2: # [ {C and } # -- +   

b          A.45 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.46 utt1:  -- {C but } ] I hear that bill is in the Senate right now  /
sv          B.46 utt2: {C and } # it's, hopefully # --   

aa          A.47 utt1:  # Sure,  /
aa^r          A.47 utt2: sure. # /  

+          B.48 utt1:  -- will go through. /  

aa          A.49 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          A.49 utt2: yeah. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } {D you know, } I think the schools are at, where the schools isn't just the school system --   

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.52 utt1:  -- and not just the teachers.  /
sd         B.52 utt2:  They took in the whole town plus all # {D you  know, } # -/  

qy          A.53 utt1:  # Is it # a union? /  

na          B.54 utt1:  {F Uh, } we have the teachers union --   

b          A.55 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.56 utt1:  -- which helps out a lot,  /
sd          B.56 utt2: {C but } the town of Framingham pays the benefits  /
sd          B.56 utt3: {C and } --   

ba          A.57 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's pretty good. /  

+          B.58 utt1:  -- that's all the town workers, water and sewer -- /  

b          A.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  -- {C and } where it's a very large town, - /
sd          B.60 utt2: it's {D actually, } should be a city  /
sd          B.60 utt3: {C but } they kept it a town. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  {F Uh, } where it's extremely large, they were able to offer a little bit more which # was # --   

b          A.63 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.64 utt1:  -- really great because we don't have to pay a mayor # <laughter>. # /  

b          A.65 utt1:  # Uh-huh,  /
b          A.65 utt2: yeah.  /
b^r          A.65 utt3: # Yeah,  /
ba          A.65 utt4: I know what you mean  /
aa          A.65 utt5: {C and } that's true.  /
sv          A.65 utt6:  {E I mean, } [ [ yo-, + i-, ] + it ] does end up being quite a bit when you have to hire somebody for that position, sure.  /
%          A.65 utt7: # Yeah. # /  

aa          B.66 utt1:  # Right,  /
sd          B.66 utt2: # {C because } [ of + ] most of [ our, + {D you know, } the ] town employees, as far as, {F uh, } electoral positions, are part-time. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.68 utt1:  {C So } it works out good <laughter> because # we # --   

b          A.69 utt1:  # Sure. # /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- reap the benefits of it -- /  

b          A.71 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.72 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] as far as shopping for a job, I'd rather shop for the benefits than the salary. /  

ba          A.73 utt1:  {D Well, } that's it, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.73 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] I've kind of looked around, {F uh, } at that, {F uh, } too.  /
sv          A.73 utt3: {C Because, } {F uh, } salary wise I don't think I'm making as much with a big corporation because I think when you look at big corps or large, - /
sv          A.73 utt4: I'm talking {D like } hugh companies like Three M, {F uh, } [ I'm, + ] {F uh, } Honeywell, {F uh, } Texas  Instruments # <laughter> # -- /  

b          B.74 utt1:  # Right <laughter>. # /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  -- I know people [ that are, + that have ] vacation times, and [ bene-, + benefits ] that I wouldn't even dream of in a small corporation.  /
sv          A.75 utt2:  You bring it up to the owner  /
sv          A.75 utt3: {C and } it's like come on, {D you know. }  /
sv          A.75 utt4:  Partly it's because the owner wants to keep getting richer and richer. /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Right </music> <noise>. /  

sv          A.77 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C and, } ] of course, when it's a small corporation, it also wants to expand  /
sv          A.77 utt2: {C so } that money is spent </clicking>, / 
