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Subject:Re: Salaries From:"Thomas E. Potter" <TPotter243 -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:10:30 -0500
In a message dated 95-12-27 15:17:13 EST, mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM (Melissa
Hunter-Kilmer) writes:
> experience in a technical environment. This is a full-time position in
> Crystal City, Arlington, VA. [That's right across the river from
> Washington, DC. It is also close to the Pentagon.] Salary range is
[drum
> roll]
> ********* $20,000 to $24,000 *********
I'm familiar with these sweat shops in that area. They are capitalizing on
the people leaving the military who have a retirement income which they only
have to supplement. Also, many of these ex-military types don't know what
their skills are worth in the civilian market. These companies have a huge
turnover and, as a rule, produce a very inferior product for the government.
I know, I worked for a similar company. In the group with which I worked,
there were two persons out of about 25 who knew what a topic sentence was. I
am not making this up. If you ever looked at the manuals the Navy gets, you
know what I mean.
Please don't flame me about ex-military personnel. I am ex-military myself.
Tom Potter
Houston, TX
TPotter243 -at- aol -dot- com
