Re: Anyone need a job? Very badly?

[William Gaffga <will -dot- gaffga -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I hope you didn't take my use of Arkansas as a disparaging. It was simply
an example of a state with a tech sector that still had a low
cost-of-living. My first thought was Mississippi but I thought that perhaps
the urban areas might provide a higher-than-expected rate.

And you're absolutely right. $25 to a contractor, who has to pay for their
own insurance, etc., is pretty tight here in the US.
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM, John Allred <jack -at- allrednet -dot- com> wrote:

>   William,
>   As one who does currently live in Arkansas, I can tell you that the
>   cost of living is, indeed, lower here than it is in other areas,
>   particularly Southern California. That said, even in Arkansas, $25/hour
>   doesn't go very far.
>   John Allred
>    On 1/23/2012 1:42 PM, William Gaffga wrote:
>
> About a month ago or so I was contacted for a contract position at a nearby
> biotech company (#1 in the world, circa 2006). They were looking for an
> "experienced" tech writer, had a fairly extensive list of requirements, and
> wanted to pay $25/hour. I could not contain myself and actually laughed
> when the recruiter told me this. Now, this ain't someplace like Arkansas
> with a low cost-of-living; this is Southern California.
>
> I thanked the recruiter, told him that the wage was for a junior TW (or
> someone exceedingly desperate) but that the skills requirement would be a
> real impediment to finding a qualified applicant at that rate.
>
> They, I believe, were hoping for someone who wanted the company name on
> their resume, and indeed, I would be very happy to have it. Plus, the
> commute of 10 minutes is 1/6th of what I do now, but for that rate ... I'd
> be in the hole so fast ...
> --
> William Gaffga
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>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dan Goldstein
> [3]<DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>wrote:
>
>
> According to [4]http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273042.htm, that hourly
> wage is around the 20th percentile or so nationally for tech writers. I
> scrolled down to the "Annual mean wage of technical writers by area, May
> 2010" map and saw that Tampa is in of the lowest-ranking zones. Also,
> the ad says nothing about the required skills and experience. So I'm
> guessing that for an entry-level tech writer in Tampa, that wouldn't be
> a shocking wage.
>
>
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> ... I guess if you are desperate, it is better than working at
> McDonald's. I would think these contract houses would become a bit
> smarter and realize that the more they help us make, the more they make.
> At this kind of pay, they have to get someone desperate who will quit at
> the first chance of something better or someone with no experience who
> will only make Adecco look bad.
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