I'm looking for 30 good PC techs.

[dman]

Perhaps he/she just missed this thread...

I'm going to guess that the reason they won the contract is because they had the lowest bid. Just a wild guess though. As such, I'd speculate that the salary range for the jobs being offered here are going to be lower than what the state would have been able to do insourced. Since most States (as a rule of thumb) do not pay well (but generally have good benefits) you are likely to be in a low salary / low benefit range. I don't imagine that the salary range was left off by accident.

Hopefully, for those of you looking for work, I'm wrong. (One possibility is that they have less FTE doing more than others do, which could mean higher pay at the expense of extra hours). Anyway, Who knows, if they won one deal, you could get inthe door and find an opportunity with the next 'win'.

BTW, Congrats on the Win.

 

[Freejack2]

My best guess as to why they were the low bidder is that phone tech support is based in India and techs will be paid about $18 - 22k a year plus car allowance if necessary.

I can see a lot of problems with a setup like that though. State workers will be frustrated with the phone tech support and complain endlessly about it.
Initially because of the still poor state of the economy they will land decent techs desperate for any job they can get. As the economy improves the good techs will move onto better paying jobs and the quality of the tech pool will go way downhill.

Pomeroy will fulfill their contract but I doubt they will get a renewal from a less than happy state.

 

[SterlingAug]

I missed the check box to include my email addy in my profile.

Anyone seriously interested, please email.

To answer some questions:

Yes we were the low bid. We do only the out of warranty hardware repair. Phone support and troubleshooting is done by the State's Help Desk. We only swap out the broken parts.
The job postings listed on the company site is only for employees at the other company branches. I am looking for people at my branch and since this contract is so new, nothing else is posted yet.

Types of jobs will be:
Hardware repair
Printer break/fix
System engineer
AS/400 repair
Optical scanner repair
Call dispatch

Salary ranges depend on location within the state and of course experience required and what experience you have.

 

[MAME]

HOW MUCH MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: MAME
HOW MUCH MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!

 

[new2AMD]

Originally posted by: Beattie
Well, you didnt put an email address, so how can we email you?

This isnt going to help your chances of getting the job.

How about clicking his/her profile?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Beattie
Well, you didnt put an email address, so how can we email you?

This isnt going to help your chances of getting the job.

How about clicking his/her profile?

Y'aint getting it either, since you didn't read all the thread It wasn't in his profile initially!

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Beattie
Well, you didnt put an email address, so how can we email you?

This isnt going to help your chances of getting the job.

How about clicking his/her profile?

04/16/2004 6:20 AM
I missed the check box to include my email addy in my profile.

 

[woowoo]

Originally posted by: SterlingAug
Printer break/fix

I still like this part

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Hammer
you cant post something like this and not include a salary range.

When I lived in PA, PC techs were making about $30,000 a year. I couldn't find any server side work in the area, and a salary that low wasn't enough to keep me around.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Go spam your crap company elsewhere.

 

[SunnyD]

I'm not in PA, but you've got my resume now.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: Hammer
you cant post something like this and not include a salary range.

When I lived in PA, PC techs were making about $30,000 a year. I couldn't find any server side work in the area, and a salary that low wasn't enough to keep me around.

geez, i wouldnt even get out of bed for 30k a year.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Go spam your crap company elsewhere.

He's not trying to get clients, you moron. Go back to the bathroom and put your sh1t where it belongs.

KK

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I'm not in PA, but you've got my resume now.

You profile email addy bounced. Please update your post with a REAL email address.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: skace
Lots of people need work, someone starts a thread offering work, it gets lots of posts from asshats. Go figure?

I find it a little disappointing

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: skace
Lots of people need work, someone starts a thread offering work, it gets lots of posts from asshats. Go figure?

I find it a little disappointing

Very disappointing.

Thanks for thinking of us OP, don't let these morons make you regret it.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Go spam your crap company elsewhere.

He's not trying to get clients, you moron. Go back to the bathroom and put your sh1t where it belongs.

KK

It's still spam. I could have at least respected his post if it was in cowen's stickied post at the top of ATOT.

 

[SterlingAug]

The post was not spam.

It is a valid request for interested techs looking for a foot in the door at a growing branch for an established IT support company.

So far, only 1 person has expressed any interest in in talking further.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: SterlingAug
The post was not spam.

It is a valid request for interested techs looking for a foot in the door at a growing branch for an established IT support company.

So far, only 1 person has expressed any interest in in talking further.

In my book, spam is unsolicited advertisement, period. It doesn't matter how good your intentions are or if you are advertising a product or a job opportunity or if your advertisement is legitimate or not. Unsolicited = spam.

Anyway, you would be well-served to post at least a general salary range. Fine if it varies across areas, but if it's $10k-$20k I'm not going to waste your time. If it's $50k-$60k on the other hand...

 

[EXman]

Don't Listen To Ragin You cannot take him seriously. We do welcome any and all job listings here there is an appropriate place for them but being new how would you know that? I live in Ky and have heard of you all and heard good things. too bad you do not have any openings in Louisville or Lexington.

We THANK you for the offer!

 

[Passions]

Provide me with a company jet, cafe latte delivered at 7:30am sharp on my desk, Dual Dell 2001FP's, an ergonomics chair with vibration, and a window office. Then you can put your people in contact with mine, and the negotiations can begin. Email me Sterling if your interested!!!

Thanks.

 

[Mail5398]

I live in Kentucky too. I work for the state and asked a Pomeroy tech about a job they had open. Put it this way, I work for the state and would have had to take a $15,000 pay cut.

 

[Kelemvor]

Can I work from home and VPN in to assist? It's a bit of a commute from WI.

 

[woowoo]

Originally posted by: Mail5398
I live in Kentucky too. I work for the state and asked a Pomeroy tech about a job they had open. Put it this way, I work for the state and would have had to take a $15,000 pay cut.

Man thats bad.....
(I too work for the state of Ky.)