your compensation

[Cabages]

Underpaid ($8.30).

Do complain.

Looking for something else.

 

[esun]

All of my real jobs have been fairly paid for the most part. $20/hr as an undergraduate intern is pretty fair. $28/hr as a graduate intern is also pretty reasonable. Working as a TA for about $1500/mo was also fair IMO, although only because a 20 hr/week position actually only took 10-15 hours of time (10 typical, 15 rare). If the position actually took 20 hr/week every week, I'd say it would be underpaid (partly due to the fact that being in school means your time is particularly scarce and you should be compensated more as a result).

Stipended positions (such as summer research positions) were terribly underpaid. $2-3k for a summer just sucks (when industry pays 5 times that).

 

[nageov3t]

in terms of industry averages I'm probably underpaid but I've also got less experience and have done reasonably well working in IT considering my only background when I started way back when was fixing a couple computer problems for friends/family.

 

[LS21]

i wonder if there is a correlation of this sentiment & seniority

 

[Merithynos]

Originally posted by: invidia
I'm a .NET developer and my initial offer for full time after graduating with a MS in computer engineering is 10/hr. Despite having 6 months of internship

Is that really $10 an hour? I made $9.50 an hour as a 19 year old temp punching holes in paper...in 1995.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

fairly paid in the absolute sense (pay for education/qualification/experience/responsibilities)
underpaid in the sense i could probably get 5-15% more doing the same kinda stuff at a different company

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: Crono
Fairly paid. I nef on AT during work, but that's because I'm efficient and they don't seem to mind.

This.

that.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: invidia
I'm a .NET developer and my initial offer for full time after graduating with a MS in computer engineering is 10/hr. Despite having 6 months of internship

wtf. I made more than that during my first interneship where i basically did nothing.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Merithynos

Originally posted by: invidia
I'm a .NET developer and my initial offer for full time after graduating with a MS in computer engineering is 10/hr. Despite having 6 months of internship

Is that really $10 an hour? I made $9.50 an hour as a 19 year old temp punching holes in paper...in 1995.

we pay our office staff that files and does data entry more than that starting too...

 

[JulesMaximus]

What if I'm on unemployment?

 

[Miramonti]

I earn everything I make, but wouldn't say by any stretch I deserve it.

 

[her209]

Compared to an illegal immigrant/overseas worker, everyone is overpaid.

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: her209
Compared to an illegal immigrant/overseas worker, everyone is overpaid.

Compared to every legal worker, all illegals are overpaid.

 

[Chronoshock]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: invidia
I'm a .NET developer and my initial offer for full time after graduating with a MS in computer engineering is 10/hr. Despite having 6 months of internship

wtf. I made more than that during my first interneship where i basically did nothing.

Seriously... and that's WITH a masters?
I made 11/hr and 13/hr two summers doing standard web development work at a hospital, 17/hr doing .NET development at an internship for a benefits consulting firm, 13ish/hr doing research at my university, then 31/hr doing a research internship the summer before graduating with my masters.

Even though this isn't the best time to do it, you should try shopping around.

 

[TheKub]

Paid fairly for my job title.

Underpaid for the work I actually perform.

 

[sactoking]

Since we don't have defined job titles, responsibilities, etc it's impossible to say. Based on what I do, education, experience, productivity, and profitability I'm way underpaid.

 

[Zolty]

Min wage for doing what I did for 45k 2 years ago, woot go student jobs. In my defense I do not try as hard as I did 2 years ago, nor do I think it's possible for me to get fired or advance.

 

[ColdFusion718]

underpaid.

 

[vi edit]

Technically I'm underpaid since I share call rotation with the admins but I'm making the salary of a lowly application analyst. Once I get the title bump later this fall I'll be fairly to even a smidge overpaid.

 

[krunchykrome]

accountants are underpaid

 

[Linflas]

Fairly paid. I work for a public school system and was making about 20% more working in the private sector versus what I make now. On the other hand I no longer deal with traffic and commuting nor the constant worry of contracts being canceled. That more than makes up for the salary difference.

 

[Lonyo]

Fairly paid normally, but recently underpaid because I have to work overtime without getting any extra pay (just extra hours * regular wage).

 

[oddyager]

Fairly paid, based on salary. Tradeoff is we get only a week of vacation for the first two years and then it increments every odd number year in tenure...

 

[Sea Moose]

i am grossly underpaid. But i took a pay cut to do extraqualifications

 

[Feldenak]

According to salary.com I'm below the industry average for my position.