TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:RE: I'm taking my marbles and going home... From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:35:20 -0400
Dunno.
Depends.
$20-$25 per hour sounds like a contract position. Otherwise, I would
expect the salary to be stated differently.
Are you the primary bread winner in your family?
Is the job in New York City, Boston, suburbia, or a rural community?
What is your cost of living?
Is insurance and healthcare included?
Yadda, yadda, yadda.
Personally, $40k per year for the only job for my family in Connecticut
would be a stretch. It would be better than nothing. I have no idea if
it would be better than unemployment.
And, think of this. Let's say a $50k per year job gets offered to you
three months later, do you dump the $40k job and put-out the employer?
Another thing to consider, about paying people less than they are worth.
>$20/hr, minus health, minus dental, minus life
>insurance, minus equipment costs, minus taxes...
>Yeah, I could feed my family on that. *rofl*
1. <nitpick>Diane said $20-$25/hr, not $20.</nitpick>
2. She didn't say it was contract. That would change
things.
3. Many people feed their families on a lot less.
Oh well, I'm not the one out of work. If I were, I would
be evaluating the offer, not laughing at it.
Save up to 50% with RoboHelp Deluxe. Get 2 great products for 1 low price!
You'll get RoboHelp Office PLUS RoboDemo, the software demonstration tool
that everyone's been talking about. Check it out and save! http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
