Guy,
>From what you've said, bag the job. They have gone beyond underpaying you to
exploitation. You may even want to contact the Ontario Provincial Ministry
of Labour about your employers. You have tried all possible routes to
something far more reasonable and they won't budge. I'd start sending out
resumes and prepare a 2 week notice. You also may want to look at Ontario's
Labour Laws. From the sounds of it (and I'm no lawyer) they may be in
violation of them. At the very least, you have the right to give your notice
one pay period in advance. They don't like it, too bad.
With the experience you listed you should be able to get at least $35,000/yr
in Ontario.
larry
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Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.
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> -----Original Message-----
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:50:26 -0500
> From: "Guy J. McDowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Getting Ridiculous
> Message-ID: <000001c0650b$a78daf20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Looking for a little fatherly (or motherly) advice.
>
> Situation:
> 8 months out of college working at a non-profit, developing CF for a
> year.
> Webmaster managing and developing 8 (eight) domains, sole developer.
> Currently being compensated at about $12,000 CDN / year no benefits.
> Educated employer about market value and what their options were if I
> died tomorrow.
> (That being a starting salary of about $45k/year for someone straight
> out of college or they could hire the only other guy in the 100Km
> radius area that is at my developing level (or above) in CF for
> $100/hr)
> I also looked at public financial statement and deduced that the
> average salary for full-time employment in this organization is about
> $40K/yr (mostly biologists and administrators).
>
> I made a reasonable request of $35K/yr plus standard benefits.
> They're coming back with a one year contract offer of about $25K/yr no
> benefits, no negotiation.
>
> The group does good work and I'll always be a member, but this job is
> beginning to cost me money.
>
> I'm thinking I should request a two-weeks clause so that I can leave
> with 2 weeks notice and inform them that I will be looking for
> employment elsewhere. I'd like to know if this would be perceived as
> ethical by employers out there. Or any other courses of action that
> would be suitable and practical.
>
> Also, what does it take to get a job with a firm that focuses on
> CF/Web Development? I really want to grow and learn more.
>
> Please accept my apologies if this sounds like whining, I'm just
> running out of ways to deal with this.
>
> Yours In Conservation,
>
> Guy J. McDowell,
> Webmaster
> The Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone: (705) 748-6324 ext. 262
>
> P.S.
> Check out the ALL NEW www.InvadingSpecies.com site as well as the rest
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