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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
raithex 0
You should've asked what the average pay is for that job. Yeah, it sucks that you're not getting as much as you could, but it's absolutely your fault. YDI.
billyH 0
Engineers usually make about 100K or 50/hr. How could you be so far off to think 12/hr was reasonable?
Cinn_fml 23
If you are competent then you will be able to make a name for yourself as being cheap and good at what you do, and slowly increasing your wages until it's at a more appropriate figure whilst still being value for money. However how you can be competent at what you do when you haven't even been bothered to research the kind of money that most would be willing to pay/be paid, I don't know. But, at least you have work.
disccomp 3
You'll make about $7/hour after tax(contract work doesn't pay into withholding) The 1099 they send you at the end of the year gets sent to the IRS too, if the pay is not under the table.
dugumit 0
jaysus you charged $12p/hr either this is your first job and u don't know shit or u don't know shit period. you should at least be charging minimal $45-75 p/hr part time contract depending on your qualifications.
omgnowayhaha 0
op is an idiot
captainmaharet 1
Moron. Contract work isn't the same as flipping burger work, but now we know what your real talent is.
LilaBear 2
While you don't deserve this, it is kinda your fault. I'm not an engineer, but even I know engineer contractors charge an arm and a leg. I got paid better than $12/hour for my admin position. You shoulda researched the market first to see what other people in similar positions charged.
x3herox3 0
Loos
tamaldasagofan89 0
Duuuude you are a NETWORK ENGINEER WTF? 12/hour??????? u are so dumb YDI People get paid that much for Garbage cleaning and stuff YDI again!
MeleMallory 0
Garbage cleaning? Is that a thing?