Agreed that is the current reality, but doesn't have much to do with what is proposed other than that is part of what is trying to get addressed.
I've been down the pay cut road before myself - dropped 58% when I got laid off and had to take a very-near minimum-wage job 13 years ago <sob story deleted>. Dave From: Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE This is more the reality... http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/pf/0901/gallery.layoffs_and_salary_cuts/index.html ________________________________ From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 2009-01-12 9:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Would this be good for IT, or what? I can't imagine the hurdles involved, but if this comes to fruition (which I actually doubt), it would sure make all of us suddenly more valuable: http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/index.htm We would be in even higher demand than now and have a huge leg up on the folks who wanted to work in healthcare IT that aren't already in IT. Not that I want to work in healthcare IT, but it might force other employers to raise salaries a little to keep their IT guys from jumping ship... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
