Joel wrote: >In five years, I've >received one merit increase, while every year receiving "excellent" reviews >-- there is no cause and effect. COLAs are the only help we get. I am also working for a US company, and quite frankly, we were told that the overall performance of our section of the business was down, and thus, even though the revive was 'excellent' .... the subsidiary's wasn't...
Joel wrote: >Sysprogs here have been de-valued, and I hope that trend doesn't >catch on. The problem with the picture is this... Sysprogs are not grouped together with It-Back office(NT/Unix admins) who came up from phone support / desktop support for a minimal salary rise... Guess what, our salaries will have to be adjusted to make the new Back Office Manager's budget balance(that is not falling over to the MF sysprogs side...) Now add the fact that all new work loads like Websphere is channeled to NT because it seems cheaper.... Herbie ********************************************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s).If you receive this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete it from your system. Any unauthorized dissemination, retransmission, or copying of this email and any attachments is prohibited. Euroconex does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence, which may arise from the use of email. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Company. This message has been scanned for known computer viruses. ********************************************************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
