Money: Today, I applied and was accepted for a part-time network engineering...

By compguy - 25/02/2010 15:39 - United States

Today, I applied and was accepted for a part-time network engineering position. Being contract work they asked me what I charge. I replied, "$12 an hour." After a look of surprise they accepted me for the position and said, "Our last guy charged $200 an hour, you're a bargain." FML

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By YankeeDoodle - 04/03/2010 05:30 - Australia

Today, I discovered my employer is advertising for a contractor position within my team performing basically the same role as myself. Except the pay is seven times more. FML

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Today, after months of searching, I was offered a job. After hearing how excited I was on the phone, HR docked the initial salary offer by 40% in the written contract. She said it was non-negotiable. Guess I'm back to job hunting. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/06/2022 00:00

Today, the person recently hired to work in my spot during my days off started at a higher hourly rate than me, after I have been here for nearly three years. I asked for a raise and got a dollar more; meanwhile, my regional counterparts make 4 dollars more per hour. FML

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Today, after trying so hard to get myself back on my feet, I had an amazing interview and I was hired on the spot. I was so happy, until I read the position I was given, and it turns out I didn't get full-time, I got barely enough hours to even be part-time. FML

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By WretchedOwls - 03/03/2016 23:59 - United States - Barberton

Today, after weeks of my brother being laid off from work, I was able to finagle him an interview for one of the entry level positions at my work. He got the job, only to refuse it because it doesn't pay enough. I thought 9 dollars an hour was a lot more than 0 dollars an hour. FML

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Today, after working my ass off for 2 months, receiving perfect reviews, and going out of my way to take on extra work to get a job offer from the location where I temp, I finally got an offer for a permanent position. Included in the offer was a $3.00 an hour pay cut and no insurance. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/04/2015 12:42 - United States - Clifton Park

Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/10/2016 17:59 - Singapore - Singapore

Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML

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By smidge - 02/06/2009 06:05 - United States

Today, I got a call from an ad agency offering me a job. I was so excited, because I've been looking for work for a few months now and really wanted to work for them. An hour later, they called apologizing, because they'd made a mistake and offered the job to the wrong person. FML

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intensitive 11

Thursday 25 February 2010 19:52

How do you be in a position like that and not know how much your competitors are charging?

kikiface 1

Thursday 25 February 2010 19:54

what the hell do you do that $200/hour is an acceptable pay rate? I need to get into that field

Comments

angrynegro7 16

Thursday 25 February 2010 22:04

$12/hr as a networking engineer?! Way to lowball yourself, man! I make more than that an hour, and I COOK FOOD for a living!! YDI!!!!!!

heyred 11

Thursday 25 February 2010 22:26

YDI for not researching your industry and location.

2maese 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 22:37

**** those network jerks. they should be fair and offer you at least 100$. besides if you tell them to give you more it's not like you'll get fires because you're cheap enough to keep

Maplewood 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 23:07

Why should they "be fair" and give him 8 times what he asked for? Would you "be fair" and give a restaurant $40 for a meal they charged you $5 for, even if you thought it was worth it?

lolque 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 23:53

aint that bad

EllyH 0

Friday 26 February 2010 0:14

You should know what to charge for your positions... YDI

ayjayyuk 0

Friday 26 February 2010 0:27

you tit

luvstosplooge14 0

Friday 26 February 2010 0:43

A network engineer is an information technology professional who designs, implements, and troubleshoots computer networks. In general, a network engineer will not regularly perform system administration tasks, but will instead concentrate on high-level network related duties such as network architecture, network design, choosing of network devices, and network policies. I would think that they would get payed pretty highly based on this type of work and such a high demand for this type of work. hahahaha i copied and pasted this off of wikipedia LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

MeleMallory 0

Thursday 29 September 2011 8:01

Really? You copied and pasted this? Come on, Wikipedia knows how to spell "paid".

fiicere 5

Friday 26 February 2010 0:50

YDI for not knowing how much your job pays.

etherealshadows 1

Friday 26 February 2010 1:02

It's people like you who are bringing rates to ridiculous lows. I'm a freelance I.T. consultant, and after three successful years on my own, it's getting to the point that I can't make a decent living because people like you don't perform market research in order to price their work appropriately. You say, "FML," but what you're really doing is f'ing other people's lives up, as well as your own. Thanks. Perhaps you could consider this and take a little more responsibility for yourself and your colleagues in the future.

Darthbane2007 17

Friday 26 February 2010 1:50

" Today, this guy came in for an interview for contract work. I was prepared to offer the position to him, even though Network Engineering can get pricey, up to $200. My boss said to hire the next guy that came in, no matter what price he gave out. The guy offered $12.00. Great, my boss hired a dumbass. FML."