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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I finally got an offer for a salaried position with the company I've been working for as a contractor for the past two years. They offered less than what I make now, but hey, benefits! FML
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
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
Today, I work in HR and last week we'd hired an apprentice for our repair shop. He was great. I spent $500 company dollars on his uniform. Later, he called me saying he had been offered a job paying $10 more an hour than what we were offering, as much as our experienced workers make. I either have to match it, or be out a helper. FML
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
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
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
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
Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML
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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intensitive 11
How do you be in a position like that and not know how much your competitors are charging?
kikiface 1
what the hell do you do that $200/hour is an acceptable pay rate? I need to get into that field
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Comments (179)
angrynegro7 16
$12/hr as a networking engineer?! Way to lowball yourself, man! I make more than that an hour, and I COOK FOOD for a living!! YDI!!!!!!
heyred 11
YDI for not researching your industry and location.
2maese 0
**** those network jerks. they should be fair and offer you at least 100$. 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
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
aint that bad
EllyH 0
You should know what to charge for your positions... YDI
ayjayyuk 0
you tit
luvstosplooge14 0
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
Really? You copied and pasted this? Come on, Wikipedia knows how to spell "paid".
fiicere 5
YDI for not knowing how much your job pays.
etherealshadows 1
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 19
" 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."
ClumsyJason 3
LOL