Just feel at this point.
We pay our installers (internet roof top, fttp etc) around $24 an hour. Labor
it's too hard, merit based incremental pay raises about 3-4 percent a year
after they have been at this level.
Managers around $60k to $90k a year with full benefits, again 3 percent raises
https://bell.works/chicagoland/explore I wonder if the Lab space is
still there from Ameritech, or if it was gutted. I remember Cambium
saying on one tour of the old USR Building that they used a bunch of the
Lab space that was already built.
On 1/29/2024 2:42 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Probably just my weird first impression when I visited the building. It’s got
an open interior with walkways across the 2nd floor. My other impression was
it was like a shopping mall. Or a scene from Star Wars. But it’s a relatively
new building and did house R types so it should be a good
Really nice prison... Is it the place Ken is thinking of?
Always good to have engineering and admin in the same place.
From: Ray Savich via AF
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 1:45 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Cc: Ray Savich
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: New Cambium HQ
The move is in progress. We will for sure have videos and we will welcome a
visit any time.
Ray
From: AF On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 1:41 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
Subject: [ External ] Re: [AFMUG] New Cambium HQ
I was drawing a blank on AT HQ in
I was drawing a blank on AT HQ in Hoffman Estates and “Bell Works” until I
realized that’s the former “Ameritech Center” building. In other words, new
AT, not old AT I think I’ve been in the building once or twice, probably
in the late 1990’s when I worked at Westell and the building was new.
I saw an article in the local paper this morning that Cambium is moving
their HQ into the Old AT HQ (Bell Works) in Hoffman Estates. It
mentioned that this will allow them to have both Corporate and
Engineering at the same site. Hope we get some tours of their new space
once it's up and
The last sentence is a key... Think out of the box how to help out
with that and you have a really good incentive for your company over
others besides straight cash...
On 1/29/24 8:55 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
We do have a fully funded health plan. We make them wait 6 months for
We do have a fully funded health plan. We make them wait 6 months for
eligibility. Has not seemed to be an impediment to hiring. Thanks everyone.
I think I will steer clear of published performance based bonuses but just give
surprise bonuses now and then. I could give a spiff based on the
I have always found one of the best ways is to provide better
benifits/perks. As others have said 401k match is a good one, but if
that's not something most your employees would be interested in. Fully
paid health insurance can be one, also send them to training or a
tradeshow. Even welders
A friend of mine, who builds houses, used to pay his framing crew by the hour.
He knew how long the jobs were taking the crew, the square footage of the job,
and knew their hourly wage. Jobs were stacking up because they were slow. He
decided to switch to paying them by the job. He’d pay them
We have never had success with production based bonuses, it always was
hurt feelings when expectations were not met or bending the criteria
to make sure the productions bonus was awarded sometimes, lot of
finger pointing and resentment when it wasn't met.
For a while we did annual christmas bonus
An employee’s perspective:
* I’d continue with regular increases. I have been at two places where
the only time I’d get a raise was when I had an offer from someone else. This
tends to happen at tiny businesses with no HR department.
* More than anything else I want a good work
Plus with some of the new 401k providers being very low cost, it
effectively becomes a maximum of a 4% increase in salary costs.
I use guideline.com over here. Cheap, good, low cost mutual funds, etc.
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM Ken Hohhof wrote:
> True.
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14 matches
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