On 9/21/13, Brian Goralczyk <[email protected]> wrote: > Lisa, > > It sounds to me like you realize the compromise you are making, which means > I don't think you should feel insulted by comments regarding rate.
Indeed, some of work for reasons other than chasing the most dollars. Also please take on board my other comments regarding UK employment. But on balance I do find it somewhat insulting when someone essentially boasts about being so highly paid. Also, I > hope you are doing financial conversions when you talk rates. As I recall > (from a few years ago) it was approximately a 2 to 1 ratio (American to > UK). 1.6 So I am intrigued why you feel it was rubbed in. Just write this off as a personal view so it doesn't extend the argument. Telling someone they're being ripped off could be misconstrued as someone not being savvy enough to get a chase high salaries. The other thing I didn't mention and shouldn't have to is that due to a disability I don't last very long in cut-throat private sector environments. In any event it's still boastful. If it ends the argument just write it off as a personal reaction to boasting about being highly paid. Even if I choose a modicum of job security and a decent benefit package over chasing the high contractor dollars, it's polite to bear in mind people earn not just less but a lot less. It's an international list and IT jobs aren't as lucrative in the UK as in America in the best of circumstances. But just write it off as I personally find boasting about being paid insulting, so better if you blame me instead. You chose your > rate. As does everyone else. David was only bringing up the fact that > there are people that aren't aware of the rate that they can get and us > such hurt the people that do know by lowering the acceptable rate for a > given skill set. > > These discussions are important for head hunters to understand why they are > sometimes facing a challenge filling their need when they try to pay rates > that are lower than have been accepted historically. It is hard for a > consultant to go from 75/hr to 50/hr. This is a challenge for anybody to > deal with. > Can we please stop now? I _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
