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Is $42000 too much to ask?

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Thu Apr 11 21:38:59 2002

I recently sent my resume in response to an add in a local metropolitan newspaper.  It asked for salary requirements for an Entry Level user support analyst.

I consulted Salary.com for a comparable job, and the average for the Twin Cities area was 40,000.  I'm willing to work for less, but I didn't want to lowball myself.  I'd be expected to honor my requirement in case of hiring, so I didn't want to paint myself into a corner.

I did say that it was negotiable though.

What say yuo?

Imitation Gruel

Thu Apr 11 21:45:44 2002

It's only a 5% increase above the average, so that doesn't seem too bad. From a statistician's point of view, the thing to do would have been find the standard deviation from the midpoint and then cut that in half, either above or below.

Asking simply for the average seems boring by comparison.

From memory, one standard deviation on either side covers 68% of cases. Two covers IIRC, 95%; and three gets 99.7%.

:EVILKING:

(Edited by Imitation Gruel at 2:46 pm on April 11, 2002)

Imitation Gruel

Fri Apr 12 09:30:21 2002

No one has anything to add/say?

I guess I had a supremely wonderful suggestion then. Or you're all too stoned to see the message. :sagrin:

:EVILKING:

DuffMan

Fri Apr 12 09:35:00 2002

I wouldnt worry about it too much. The asking salary doesnt mean a whole at this level. Maybe for a higher position they'd take it into account.
Madan

Fri Apr 12 14:15:57 2002

Salary.com is hyper-inflated when it comes to pay in my area.

It *might* be in yours. But if you get it, all's the better. :)

M.

Evil Merlin

Fri Apr 12 14:58:34 2002

Same here, I only wish I made what Salary.com says I should be making.
HitScan

Fri Apr 12 17:17:17 2002

Indeed. El Salario says I should make 3 times what I do now. I could definately do with that, but it ain't happenin here. They've got to be taking averages from the huge cities elsewhere in the state to be coming up with the smaller ones. They're nuts.
Jeremy Reimer

Fri Apr 12 17:44:20 2002


Entry Level user support analyst

Entry level tech support?

$40k sounds pretty high for that kind of job.  I worked for Electronic Arts as a "Quality Assurance Analyst" and got $9.50 an hour.  :( Tech support is generally considered on the low portion of the totem pole, unless you're doing other stuff as well.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Fri Apr 12 20:08:55 2002

Entry level tech support?

They called it,"Associate Level"

Actually, I did interview for an entry level Tech Support/Admin position in Minneapolis that was pretty close to this one's job description.  It offered to pay $48,500. :)

I was among the strongest candidates, but I didn't get it.

Jeremy Reimer

Fri Apr 12 20:27:35 2002

Well, I definitely deserve a raise then.
AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Fri Apr 12 20:31:19 2002

Well, I definitely deserve a raise then

Yes, especially considering your great contribution to the human race, which is OSY!

Worry not, when the Mighty AYB accends his throne, there will be much rejoicing. :)

Imitation Gruel

Sat Apr 13 05:26:40 2002

Worry not, when the Mighty AYB accends his throne, there will be much rejoicing.

Must...resist...Douglas...Adams...references...!

Ah fuck it. There was much rejoicing when Zaphod Beeblebrox became President of the Imperial Galactic Government, too.

:sagrin:

(Edited by Imitation Gruel at 10:27 pm on April 12, 2002)

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Sat Apr 13 22:05:57 2002

...Perhapse, but that rejoicing shall not nearly be as jubilant as the rejoicing surrounding the festivities of the first official Year of the AYB (which shall be the length of the festivities to which you are all invited :) )