Salary tools tend to have a difficult time valuing people with skills in
multiple areas, from what I have seen. And yet these people are often more
valuable when they find a place that needs their skills.
Anyway, how does salary.com data compare to what they told you?
On 11/13/07, Denise Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good Morning.
>
> A few months ago I asked for assistance in writing my job description. I
> appreciated all the information received. I submitted a job description for
> "EDI Coordinator/IT Support" which is more accurately what I do.
>
> Our Company IT department consists of my boss and myself plus a part time
> contract programmer 2 days a week. It is really a great setup. I enjoy doing
> different things.
>
> Well,,, last week I received a "benchmark" of my job & salary against the
> chicagoland area market. I was disappointed and surprised by what the HR
> person told me and I would like to share it with the group.
>
> The job description I submitted was ignored and a cryptic EDI Coordinator
> job description was used from a Marketing Salary Research databank. My
> salary benchmark was the salary I started at 9 years ago. And to top it off,
> when I asked about the "IT Support" portion of my position, the HR person
> stated if they used that part of my job to benchmark my salary it would have
> brought it DOWN! Yep she said DOWN!
>
> I have 15 years experience in EDI and this is the first time I have ever
> heard doing MORE will reduce your marketability. Hmmm..
>
> Any comments I can pass along to my HR person?
>
> Thank you in advance.. I need a laugh today can you tell..
>
> Denise
>
>
>
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