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[HgTX]

Went to an alumni event last week. Found out that STARTING salaries for people graduating from my program with a BS are right around what I'm making now after 10 years and an MS.

I remind myself...no one takes a government job for the high salary.

But it wasn't fun to find out, anyway.

Hg

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[graybeach]

Hg,
In my state, one can learn the salaries of all state employees via the internet. Probably you can do the same in yours. I checked the salary of my boss and a few coworkers just to make sure my salary is on par with theirs. It was, and that made me feel better. If my salary is lower than it would be in the private sector, I try to console myself by remembering that I get 4 weeks vacation, 14 holidays, etc. although it would be nice if Veterans Day was in the summertime!

 

[SKIAK]

Are you doing the same work your former classmates are? I know for a fact that I make the least of all my friends who graduated with me, but I wouldn't want their jobs, so I'm OK with it... that and I make them buy the beer when we go out.

 

[prc]

Self is one who worked for a government company for 33 years,never bothered about money,but thoroughly enjoyed every day of it thanks to the quality and nature of job content.Then 10 years back, I found I could not meet my family obligations with the pay pack.Reluctantly, switched over to a private MNC at 5 times salary.

So if you enjoy your job and have enough resources to meet monthly cheques, stick to it with out comparisons-the otherside of fence may not be as green as you see from this side.But if you are not enjoying the work and have to content with peanuts,take a run,the world is wide and full of opportunities!

 

[FeX32]

Go Cass! Shoot em dead.
I'll have to try that sometime.


Fe

 

[GregLocock]

Five times the pay sounds cute.... but it has (in some jurisdictions) to compensate you for the pension/super benefits.

I'm staring down the barrel of that particular gun. We call it the golden handcuffs.





Cheers

Greg Locock


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[Latexman]

I don't have firsthand experience with this, as I have not worked on both sides of the fence, but there is a wide spread perception by folks in private industry that the pressure to perform and the resultant deliverables by folks employed in the public sector is just not nearly as great. Can someone with experience on both sides of this fence, comment on this? Kind of a chicken-and-egg question. Did low pay cause low output, or vice versa.

Good luck,
Latexman

 

[SNORGY]

Me...

I actually *am* in it (engineering) for the money...at least for the time being.

It's hard to get pumped up emotionally about a "career" when everyone you deal with thinks you are unimportant and add no value, but they "have to" (begrudgingly) tolerate you because, after all, somebody has to be accountable if something goes wrong, falls down or blows up.

Such is Alberta's EPC sector, anyway.

I must admit...the most "job satisfaction" I have ever felt has been in my "job away from work". For 1 hour a day, 4 times a day, for 17 days a year, 14,000 people cheer wildly and line up after the show to come and see us.

Sadly...even at that...it's really the *dog* that they want to see. They could give a rat's bottom about *me*. But, nonetheless, the minute that I can figure out a way to turn this non-paying hobby that I spend my holidays pursuing make even a fraction of the money for me that engineering does, I'll be out of the engineering business.

Being appreciated and doing something enjoyable, as it turns out, is actually worth one or more hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Regards,

SNORGY.

 

[FeX32]

To all of whom it's raining on...lets go moose hunting. Blow the head right off one and for sure it will put a smile on your face.
Experience says so.


Fe

 

[SNORGY]

FeX32:

That was so amoosing, I am afraid I don't have a good antler.

Wa-piti.



Regards,

SNORGY.

 

[FeX32]

There was no pun intended.
Maybe I'm a odd ball but I sometimes find simple and sometimes stupidities can serve for the gut something unexpected to most people.
(this could be because most days my skull is in some complex shargons)




Fe

 

[HgTX]

@Latexman: It's true. There are deadlines, but "bottom line" and "billable hours" not so much. None of us are generating income; we're spending a pre-set budget. We are The Client.

Hg

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[TheBlacksmith]

People always exaggerate about two things; how much they're getting and how much they're getting. Like they said, if you're happy, be happy. In the other hand, my ex is in it for the money.