Dear Mr. Gainey, With all due respect, as you say, please note that my notice said that there are bonusses and raises expected after a trial period. $500 is the base for the trial period which, FYI, is actually about average for a trial period at this level position, and actually above average for this level in eduational institutions. We did check.
The article you referred me and the rest of the list readers to says 28,000 is the average salary for all positions in Moscow, which actually seems to me to be a bit low as the magazine seems to be considering doctors and other professionals among the selected group. It clearly wasn't saying that 28,000 was the average amount for an entry level front desk position. Plus we actually pay the salary, pay it on time, and don't set unrealistic hours or performance requirements for bonusses. Plus the people in this position in the past have taken advantage of the right to study for free, which is a significant benefit for someone starting their career and trying to build qualifications. Re your comment on students not being able to study while working full time, actually lots of students in Moscow work full time. Russian higher education is a bit different than that in Britain. Many students seldom do much homework outside of class except in the month before exams. Plus, when they have reading or research to do, a clerical position in an educational institution, that gives them a desk, computer and access to all kinds of academic materials and professors to ask questions of, is a much better place to do it than say, when one is working as a waitress in a coffee shop or something. And then there's the fact that we have weekly informal presentations for students on topics like resume writing & interviewing, finding scholarships for studying abroad, negotiation skills, etc., which our staff are encouraged to attend to build their skills. Out of the last 6 front desk people we have had (day and night), three were in aspirantura programs, two were undergraduate students, and one was a music teacher. All of them said they liked the job because of the educational environment and because they could easily study when they weren't busy. Anyway, thanks for your concern but we have already had about a ten applications without any formal advertising besides my initial post to this list and lists of our alumni, which leads me to believe that the offered amount wasn't too far out of wack for the hours or the position. If anyone is not turned off by Mr. Gainey's comments and knows someone who would like to apply, we'll keep accepting applications through mid-next week and then start calling people back. Best Regards, Marian Marian Dent Dean Pericles American Business & Legal Education Project 10 Tverskaya Ul. #319 Moscow, 125009 Russia (7-495) 692-5188 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pericles.ru > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alistair Gainey > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Expat List Re: Expat Digest, Vol 37, Issue 14 > > With all due respect, that salary is pathetic. It's about > 12,250 rubles a month. The average salary in Moscow is about > 28,000 rubles a month > (http://eng.expert.ru/news/2007/11/02/zarplata/). Thus, that > salary would equate to under 12,900 GBP a year in London > (where the average is about 30,000 GBP a year). I won't ask > when you expect a student working a 40-hour week (assuming > the Saturday work is 6 hours) to study on top of that. > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:29:45 +0300 > > From: "Marian Dent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Expat List Evening front desk assistant > > To: "'The Moscow Expat List'" <[email protected]> > > Cc: 'Inna Lipkina' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Pericles American Business & Legal Education Project has > promoted our > > current night desk assistant and we are seeking a replacement. The > > job is from 2pm to approx 10:30pm 4 days a week and > Saturdays in the > > daytime. Male or female, any age or place of registration. Must > > speak Russian and reasonably good English--our office is a > partly English speaking atmosphere. > > This is a good entry level position for a student or recent > graduate, > > and also good for someone returning to the working world after an > > absence. It consists of answering phone and email > inquiries, dealing with students' > > questions, registering library books and checkouts, assisting > > professors, xeroxing, scanning, using various computer functions, > > entering data into various databases and closing the school > at night. > > We are looking for someone who is, above all, smart, > honest, outgoing > > and willing to learn and fit into a quality oriented, > friendly working > > environment. Starting salary $500 + bonuses and raises > after a trial > > period. A perk of the job is the ability to take courses > for free. > > Interested persons please contact Inna Lipkina, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > 495-692-6463. Inna is the incumbent who has been promoted > out of the > > position and should be able to answer most questions as > well as taking CVs. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
