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Subject:Re: Here's another winner - guess the pay From:Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L mailinglist <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:03:41 -0800
These insane lowball jobs show up all the time, everywhere, but especially during bad times. I think some of them are company ignorance, some of them are gouging by agencies and some of them are just contact harvesting.
It's not worth the emotional effort getting all frothy at the mouth over these. Yes, rates are falling, but real companies with real work pay a living wage. Delete and move on.
Laura
On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Peter Neilson wrote:
> If one adjusts for inflation by keying off the price of gold, that job at !0/hr pays far less than I was making on summer jobs in high school.
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> If one adjusts based on the price of gasoline or bread, it's only slightly less than I was making on that same summer job. Based on the price of milk it pays slightly better.
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> What will they get? A brilliant high-school student who wants to gain Florida residency in order to qualify for in-state tuition, who plans to live at grandma's house, and to commute by bicycle.
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