So yea....my Boss's Wife spoke to me today

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Cal166

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While fixing her computer today, she told me that she needs to speak. I became a little nervous, she kicked the accountant out of her office and that made me even more nervous. So anyways it turns out that she wanted to talk to me about my future with this company. Am graduating next spring semester so am guessing that since I haven?t spoken to them about my future with the company, they thought they might loose me, so they want speak to me first. She said that I will slowly move into a position as a Project Manager.

I've been with this company 8 years this coming Christmas. I have been working full and part time with them. For the past couple of month I?ve been working as ON CALL duty because the company was doing badly. Haven?t gotten a raise in 2 years due to the firing of all my supervisors.

So what do you think a good starting salary would be for me?

I manage a mid-size network, work as a desktop support, some AutoCAD drawings, as copy boy and other crap for the company.

Will get my BS degree in Telecommunications (which what this company does)


Thanks for listening
-Calvin
 
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Cougar

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Depends on the job, the area you live in, and how competitive the company is with pay. Go to Salary.com and do a bit of research on what similar positions in your area are paying.
 
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MaxDepth

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sounds like you're the company pool boy. I think you'll need them to spell out what exactly your "bennies" will be.
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Yax

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You should've made your move on her. That would've determined your future with the company right then and there. Now you have to wonder.
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Stark

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If they give you lots of good benefits, you can take closer to 40. If they have crappy or no benefits, demand closer to 50 (insurance ain't cheap).
 
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Originally posted by: Cougar
Depends on the job, the area you live in, and how competitive the company is with pay. Go to Salary.com and do a bit of research on what similar positions in your area are paying.
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NYC...probably 80k or so
 
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LordThing

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You also should try to negotiate per hour than per year. It's easier to get someone to agree to $1/hr more than $2080/year difference (40 hours per week for 52 weeks).


So, you should shoot for $20/hr (approx 41-42k/year) plus benefits given that you are placed on salary. You may want to highball them a bit by starting at 25/hr (52k/year) and see if they are willing to work down from there. It really depends on how strong this company might be.



See the difference $5/hr makes? :)
 
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I think that with your qualifications and education $40k is undercutting what you're worth.

EDIT: I said that before realizing you're in NYC. I'd almost double it then. Depends also how the company is doing.
 
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Cal166

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Originally posted by: Stark
If they give you lots of good benefits, you can take closer to 40. If they have crappy or no benefits, demand closer to 50 (insurance ain't cheap).
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Thanks, this is good
 
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Cal166

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think that with your qualifications and education $40k is undercutting what you're worth.

EDIT: I said that before realizing you're in NYC. I'd almost double it then. Depends also how the company is doing.
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Freshly coming out of college? at 80K? thats a bit high to aim for. most of the company's employees get paid around 80K-120K but they are good project managers that can get company work.
 
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Cal166

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Originally posted by: LordThing
You also should try to negotiate per hour than per year. It's easier to get someone to agree to $1/hr more than $2080/year difference (40 hours per week for 52 weeks).


So, you should shoot for $20/hr (approx 41-42k/year) plus benefits given that you are placed on salary. You may want to highball them a bit by starting at 25/hr (52k/year) and see if they are willing to work down from there. It really depends on how strong this company might be.


See the difference $5/hr makes? :)
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Yes thats a big differences. Yes am probably aiming for $20/hrs (41-42K/year) + insurances.
 
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Rob9874

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Don't undercut yourself. They may be willing to pay you $25 or $30/hr, and if you say $20, you're leaving money on the table. My wife is a speech therapist in AZ (not a high cost of living), and right out of grad school made $35/hr. And that's just teaching kids not to lisp.
 
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I don't think $80k is realistic when companies like Accenture are hiring for $50k jobs at $35k these days. Yes, even here in NY.

With your long history with them, you'll have a lot of pull on what you suggest though - good for you... I'd say $50k and see what they have to say about that. Getting that BS under your belt will help too... more ammo for when they say "how about 45..."

Then again, how big is this company and exactly how many supervisors have been fired (assuming because of cost cutting) ?
 
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Rob9874

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Originally posted by: slycat
Originally posted by: Cal166
Originally posted by: Stark
40-50k

she knows they're screwed if you leave.
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Yes that's what exactly what i thought!
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not for a new out-of-college person...more like 30-40k.
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No way. I made $42K right out of school, with a Supply Chain business degree. And that was 4 years ago.

 
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optoman

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Do some job hunting and go to some interviews. You need to test the waters out there to see what is the going rate.

Don't become complacent (sp?) with the job you have. It is good to grow and seek new opportunities.
 
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