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YAJT: Do you feel that you are fairly compensated for you work?

No. I make above-average wages, but I am the best there is in my technical area, so I can be said to have failed somewhat to capitalize on my ability.

I'm not staying-- going to law school in the fall. I stayed on this long only because it was what I knew best.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: radioouman
NO.

Haven't found anything better yet.
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So how seriously are you looking, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is seriously looking?
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I'd say about a 3. One of the reasons that I'm not looking more seriously is because I've only been with this company for 2 years, and I'd like to get some more experience before I move on. But I would leave tomorrow if I could.
 
Not even close to fairly compensated, because I was hired from within. Company has recognized I was due for a "market adjustment" last year and it still hasn't happened. :|

I stay mainly because of the work environment itself. My group is good people (particularly my manager), I'm having some responsibilites added which equal job security, and the commute/shift works for me right now.

Originally posted by: 6000SUX
No. I make above-average wages, but I am the best there is in my technical area, so I can be said to have failed somewhat to capitalize on my ability.

I'm not staying-- going to law school in the fall. I stayed on this long only because it was what I knew best.
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I'm wondering if we have known/worked with each other for years IRL... M, is that you?? :Q

 
Sort of. I feel I'd be undercompensated if I actually did 40 hours of real work per week, but ispend enough time surfing forums and taking long lunches that it kinda evens out.
 
Originally posted by: freesia39
it's hard to leave the comfort of a job you do really well and everyone loves you for.
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Would you stay even if you knew that the owner(s) are making more money because of your "sacrifice"?
 
I think I'm overpaid, but then I think a lot of people are.

But, I keep jostlin for a raise because I know everyone else who does what I do gets paid more and I bring more to the table then a lot of my peers.
 
For what my duties require me to do, Yes.

For what I actually do by exceeding their expectations by miles, hell No.

What I'm fully capable of doing as a professional individual, God fvcking No.
 
I'm undercompensated for the duties/responsibilities (actually lost money moving from customer support) but the role is a gateway to very good (and good paying) positions.

It's also excellent experience that you don't get frequent opportunities to be part of.
 
No. I'm a grad student...if you factor my stipend over all hours per month that I work I make about $5 an hour to "do" surface science.

Of course, I don't pay tutition and I will get a advanced degree...so I'm not complaining.
 
To elaborate further on my above post... I'm making $6.75/hr... Doing software, desktop, server, network support, PLUS network installation and configuration, PLUS hardware maintainence, PLUS whatever ghey bullshit project my boss feels like sliding to the night shift people this week - just because she's not around during the night shift, she thinks we're not busy and can do things like publish the departmental newsletter (THERE IS NO NEWS TO PUBLISH! The material she wants us to print is just the stuff we're told in the first 15 minutes of our job and nobody would ever read it. One time, we actually decided to try to shut her up and actually do it. That backfired, she came back to us pissing and whining about it not having enough "pizzazz" and "color" and "not enough fonts" and "the layout was too blocky" and generally she wanted it to look like a 5 year old did it. After 5 or 6 iterations of "make it uglier", we just deleted the files off the shares and stopped answering her emails about it) and custom-code software (we actually have a full-time programmer working for less money than I'm making - he hasn't documented his code, it's written in Perl, and he's about to leave to go work for a freight company doing dock work)

Worst IT department EVAR.
 
my compensation is very generous for an entry level position. in a year or two when i know more about the business, i'll expect more, but what they're paying me to learn right now is more than fair.
 
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