Yep! And don't forget about the contract agencies. Companies seem to just pay a set $$ amount for any given position. So, the agencies goal is to find the least qualified "Hireable" so they can negotiate the person down as hard and insultingly as possible, thereby nabbing 50-60% of the pay rate.
Scott On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM, McKown, John <[email protected] > wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott > > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: IBM driving mainframe systems programmers into the ground > > > > >:( > > > > I'm surrounded by people who's skillsets would be on-par with > > the guys who > > empty my trash can, if it weren't for CLISTs. And they have > > jobs because I > > wrote all kinds of automation to catch their mistakes. > > > > Most people in sysadmin roles are thoroughly incompetent. > > Which is good, > > because people like us can keep our options open :) > > > > Scott > > Maybe. But, then, management hires the less qualified and perhaps one > qualified person. The less qualified do the easy stuff and the qualified are > then pressured to take less money (like the less qualified) and to work more > hours in order to either do what the less qualified cannot do at all, or try > to do and mess up. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
