I can't button my (lip) finger on thise one!
a) Corvallis is home of OSU, notorious underpayers and former home
of one of H-P's largest non Palo Alto facilities. IE: It's a relatoively
depressed area, and being a college town they think they can buy
know-nothing admins
for $8/hr.
b) You should disband your union. Unions are designed to protect the moron
gene pool.
jk
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James S. Kaplan KG7FU
Eugene Oregon USA
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http://www.rio.com/~kg7fu
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Have YOU tried Linux today?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Soper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: System Admin position - Open
> On 10 May 2000, at 16:31, Seth Cohn wrote:
>
> > > PEAK has had a few system administrators move
> > > on to other jobs. And we are now looking
> > > to hire someone for the summer.
>
> (snip)
>
> > >Title: Assistant System Administrator
> > >Hours: 20
> > >Pay: $8/hour
>
> I think I understand why those folx moved on....
>
> While I might sound like a bit of a jerk for saying so, $8.00 for the
> job description is a joke. The base pay for this job, considering the
> skills asked for, should be *at least* twice what these folx wish to
> pay. You should also expect full medical and dental, for yourself
> and dependents, plus paid vacation, sick leave, and, in the private
> sector, bonuses. This doesn't even include educational benefits. I
> make about twice that, not including benefits, and I work in the
> public sector, and only have 2 years on-the-job experience. My
> first IT job paid $11 hr, plus full benefits.
>
> According to Infoworld, the *average* salary for a private-sector *nix
> system administrator in this region is $69K yearly, plus benefits,
> based on an average 48-hour workweek.
>
> Cheers,
> Dennis
> (a UNION network administrator)
> "Custard pies are a sort of esperanto: a universal language."
> --Noel Godin
