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Interesting to hear from somebody who has actually been there. You aren't the first one to tell me Mormons are cheapskates to work for (nice, but definitely tight-fisted). I've also had people tell me they are great people to hire because they are used to working for slave wages.

I once thought seriously about working in Utah because it has great values and a great climate. I had friends send me announcements-- $24K offers for people with advanced degrees and they get floods of applicants! Meanwhile, the housing is only slightly less expensive than California. Hell, I thought, if I want to work for slave wages, I'd stay in North Dakota where at least the cost of living is cheap . . . or if I want to pay for expensive housing, I'd work in California where at least the wages are decent. In time, I ended up doing both for awhile.

Now, I'm in position to hire Mormons-- preferably the kind straight out of Utah because the others are quicker to figure out what their real worth is.

Tight fisted is right. I really cracked up at the part of the article that mentioned the cowboys having laptops. I can't remember anyone in the office having a laptop when I was there, much less one of the cowboys.

The really sad thing was these young families moving cross country (usually from out west) and once they got there and found out what the real deal was, couldn't afford to go back home. The even charged the missionaries rent and they were working for FREE. ha!