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Subject:Re: International benefits in joining the STC From:<subscribe -at- cuff -dot- ca> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:33:36 -0500
> after some research I came to the conclusion that there was very little
> practical benefit in signing up.
Sadly, I have reached the same conclusion.
Their recent insurance mailing was one more example of how US-centric their thinking is. When I last took the trouble to share that feedback with them--on the occasion of adopting a US-based salary database--I was taken to task for having done so.
The message is clear: they don't want me; they just want my money.
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