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32 Reasons Why Geeks are Severely Underpaid

Staff — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:56:12 +0000

You’re good at what you do, maybe you’re an ace. So are you being paid what you’re worth? See how many of the 32 Salary Negotiation Rules you’re using.

Why are sales professionals still rewarded with the biggest pay packets? Are sales professionals better qualified
download larger image or smarter than IT professionals? No, there’s no such thing as a sales degree. Do they work longer or harder? Of course not. So why then is IT not the best paid profession?

Read the entire story here.

What more can you ask from an employer

Staff — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:21:01 +0000

Back to work today and that means a nice amount of email to start my day, this was one of themâ€¦

Team,

Due to high call volumes and low accessibility numbers across all Centers some changes will have to be implemented.

1) The date for the current shift bid has now been extended to April 22nd, 2006 and the new shift bid will begin on April 23rd, 2006.

2) The March vacation calendar is now on a “freeze” status, meaning that there will be no more vacation approvals for time-off in March.

3) The April calendar will be opened up with an e-mail going to the floor on Monday the 6th, 2006 @ 3pm……………..however; only one (1) representative per day will be allowed off………..the reason for this is because of the over-whelming volume of calls coming into the queue

As more information becomes available I will communicate. Thank you!

Now understand the office I work in; we are loosing employees on a bi-weekly basis, the attrition rate is unheard of. It is a call center, there will always be volumes of some sort. Corporate wants to keep a steady balance of 115 employees in our department, but are having a tough time at that.

A shift bid is what is used to select your schedule work hours, management always states that this bid will be for 3 months etc. but is always extended for some unknown reason.

My favorite is the fact that they offer vacation or â€œpaid time offâ€ as it is now known on a very limited basis. What is the difference you ask in vacation hours and paid time off; you get paid for vacation hours if you leave the company (by law) not paid time off, but is one to use these paid time off hours if 1 person is allowed off at one time.

My favorite is the incentive plans for our department, this is the real attractive part, ready, hold on tight!

Possibility of loosing seniority
Less available vacation hours
No pay increase since it is a lateral move from any other department
Having to work Sundays since other departments are not open on Sundays
Abiding by more strict guidelines
Adhering to more strict statistics
Doing a job which hold more responsibility and requires more knowledge

Management had done a recent posting for 15 positions; they have not yet completed the hiring process, but have already lost 15 people since the position posted. Stay tuned, the stories will get better, I promise.

So I almost tripped over a midget today

Staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:59:59 +0000

You really have to be carefull when walking into the office. My eyes had wandered off my path of travel and was not looking where I was going while entering the elevator. Then from below I hear “EXCUSE ME” from this squeaky little voice. If my reflexes had lagged one bit more then they did she would have gotten a face full of my junk and I would have smashed my face on the tile floor.

Yeah explain that to your co-workers. “What happen to your face?”, “Oh, yeah I tripped over a midget walking into the elevator and smashed my chin on the tile.” yeah that will go over well