How do you respond when you're not looking and the salary is less then you're currently making?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Beaver <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 9:38 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: US Baewd zOS Systems Programmers External Message: Use Caution The problem is there are less than 60 available zOS folks available Supply and Demand and Demand is booming of US Based Sysprogs Just today I was bombarded by 15 calls in 10 months and the general response was “Oh my God” Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Jul 29, 2025, at 19:34, Dick Williams > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The money you guys are quoting might be a necessity in areas like > California, NY, and other major metropolitan areas. If the candidate can work > from home in an area where the cost of living is much lower, 100k would > provide the same standard of living as 200k in NY. Where I live, I’m quite > well off. But I’d never be able to afford cities in California.. > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 6:50 AM, Steve Beaver > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The best answer for the whole community is for everyone that is working and > Getting e-mails and phone calls is to simple respond > > $135/Hr W2 or more and listen to them choke and stammer > > > > > > Steve Beaver > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2025 8:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: US Baewd zOS Systems Programmers > > I'm liable to blow their minds with $150 C2C. > > I've already seen an add for $140 C2C. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
