Re: Salary info from Coopers and Lybrand survey

[Donald Ray <dray -at- CELCORE -dot- COM>]

Try Siemens in Boca Raton, FL.  Overtime is part of the standard package
unless you're management.  The emphisis here is on technical.  The
writers that make the kind of money that I indicated are degreed
engineers and that makes all the difference.  Also, I'm talking about
telecommunications switching systems here.  As a matter of fact, I don't
know of any telecommunications technical writers who earn less than
$50,000.00 annually.

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>From:  Nora Merhar[SMTP:nmerhar -at- CHARLESINDUSTRIES -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Friday, August 01, 1997 2:08 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re: Salary info from Coopers and Lybrand survey
>
>I work in telecommunications in Illinois, and while I'm not
>complaining about my salary, it isn't anywhere near this. Also, no
>telecom TWs that I know are paid overtime--not in THIS neck of the
>woods, anyway!
>
>Nora
>nmerhar -at- charlesindustries -dot- com
>
>> The rates are low for the Telecommunications industry. In this
>industry,
>> a seasoned veteran can easily command a $60,000.00 base salary.
>And, in
>> the telecommunications industry, salaried Technical Writers are paid
>> overtime.  In fact, some of my peers in the Washington DC area earn
>> $80,000.00 annually for a 40 hour week.
>>
>> Why do we get paid so much?  Might be because we are technical types
>who
>> happen to be good technical writers.  As for myself, I hold three
>> degrees, ASCS, BA, and  MSCS.
>
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