[Elecraft] P3 firmware question

[Don Wilhelm]

Ron, Al and all,

OK, I guess I should clarify. -  I receive a paycheck for work 
accomplished from Elecraft, and they have my social security number on 
file so they can report my earnings.  In my mind, that makes me an 
"Employee", but I am not an exclusive Elecraft employee.  I am part 
time, and report my work on an hourly basis, but I still consider myself 
an Elecraft employee even though that is a part time position.

That flexibility is what makes Elecraft a great company to work for. I 
listen to the stream flowing through my property each day and hear the 
owls at night and the Red-headed woodpecker in the morning all from my 
"office" here in the woods of North Carolina - no traffic to fight and I 
can set my own hours.  It is a nice life and a great business model - 
Thank you Eric and Wayne for making a relationship like this possible.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/11/2012 11:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Yup - it's the business model of the 21st century. I've written product
> manuals for Elecraft since 2001 but I, too, am NOT an Elecraft employee and
> live 600 miles north of Watsonville on the Oregon coast. In addition to
> handling most of Elecraft's manuals I have handled international training
> and business studies for some of the big tech companies working on a daily
> basis with teams in Japan, Europe South America and Africa using the VOIP
> and video conferencing, as well as doing sales training and marketing
> support for local businesses.
>
> Instead of sitting in a cubicle after driving to work every morning, I get
> to listen to the surf pounding below my house after commuting 30 feet from
> the coffee pot in my kitchen and I only need to put on a shirt and comb my
> hair before a video conference (no video below chest level, just like the
> anchors on TV!). The downside includes occasionally being "at work" at 11
> p.m. or 3 a.m. when working with international teams or pulling an
> "all-nighter" to support a disorganized client's deadline.
>
> This is a revolution in working that Elecraft and other innovative companies
> have embraced. It's something that will likely expand tremendously in the
> future as more companies understand the benefits of a flexible work force
> because we don't get paid for "showing up" - we're paid only for benefits
> delivered. And we are not limited to the challenges (and dangers) of only
> one source of income.
>
> But as I'm quick to point out to everyone who dreams of self-employment,
> understand that, when self-employed, the employee has the most miserable,
> demanding boss in the world, and that boss has the laziest employee in the
> world. They do deserve each other, Hi!
>
> 73,
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> Actually I'm not an Elecraft employee.  I work on a contract basis from my
> home here is Santa Rosa, about a three-hour drive north of Aptos.
> Elecraft has a number of employees and others like me working under various
> arrangements and scattered all over.  Even one of the principals
> (Wayne) does not physically work in the plant.
>
> This kind of business model is one of the changes made possible by the
> arrival of the Internet.  When I was still working at HP/Agilent I was on
> several design/development projects with engineers located at other
> divisions in Japan, Korea, Scotland, and Idaho.  The projects were tied
> together with lots of emails and phone calls as well as occasional
> video-conferences and trips to the other plants.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
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