>> I think the "what should I be paid?" question really doesn't relate to job >> title at all - you should be asking "what would I be paid if I moved >> elsewhere?" (which is almost always more than you are currently getting)
I think this reasoning is flawed. The real question anyone should be asking is "How much value do I bring to this organisation, and is my pay packet commensurate with that?". The bottom line is, the only way a company (big or small) can pay you your wage, is that if you generate more value for the organisation in real terms that you take in terms of wage. If you can't generate value for the organisation that is incredibly disproportionate to what you are getting paid already, then you have no grounds for "a pay raise". Remember also, that for every tech guy who is delivering, you usually need one to two admin people supporting them (closer to one per if the organisation is big). These admin people include sales, execs, reception, treasury, marketing, promotion and the rest, not to mention the cost of having employees. So if your company is billing you out at $120 per hour and paying you $40 per hour, and you are doing less than 20 hours a week of billable time, then you are not even breaking even on your existing wage. It's all well and good to say "The company should pay me more". But many people loose sight of the fact that "the company" is made up of all the people that work there, and those guys all pushing forward is what makes the company sink or swim. </rant> -- http://rubyx.com/ http://lindsaar.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
