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Subject:RE: This year's salary survey-same old same old From:"Wright, Lynne" <lwright -at- positron911 -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:23:15 -0500
Oh jeez. So now, in addition to worrying that the two new guys we just hired
are making more than me because they are male, now its likely that they are
getting paid extra for being new?
That SO nuts! You'd think having more experience in your workplace (and all
the accured knowledge that that implies) PLUS the element of
dedication/loyalty to the corp would count for MORE!
Just one thing though, about job mobility in males vs. females... i'd have
been out looking for a higher paying position with less grief years ago, if
i wasn't a single mom. I can't afford the risk of switching jobs, then as
the newbie, being the first to go next time NASDAQ tumbles.
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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 3:15 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: This year's salary survey-same old same old
As a manager, I have always worked to ensure that salaries for my staff
members are based solely on the extent to which they achieved their
objectives, with a little extra credit to those who manage to do so with
less personal monitoring and/or project direction from me. In cases
where I have assumed management of existing depts, I have found that
salaries were almost always skewed in favor of those who were the
most recent additions to staff, which may explain in part what the survey
shows. I have observed that men tend to change jobs in search of higher
salaries and grade advancements more readily than women do. However,
that is solely my own observation based on people I have known or
worked with. I have no idea whether there are any comprehensive
statistics on this.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: <lyndsey -dot- amott -at- docsymmetry -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: This year's salary survey-same old same old
>
> I have just seen this year's STC salary survey and am dismayed to see
that,
> yet again, men make more $$ than women despite the fact that women
outnumber
> men by about two to one. What are your comments about this situation? How
> can we fix it? I'd especially like to hear from those of you who are
> managers.
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