On Jun 20, 2011 10:13 AM, "Brian J. Rogers" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today I was looking around at possible job openings, but not really > committed to finding a job. I'm just keeping an eye on what is > available. It seemed like every job posting I found always listed > "Depends on Experience/DOE" under the pay. Am I the only one that gets > irritated by this? It seems completely arbitrary and gives the > impression that my experience cannot have a set value. I understand that > in most cases the more you know and can do the more you get paid, but > can't a minimum at least be given? I've talked with clients when doing > freelance work and some 'valued' my experience at $50 total for a > project that was a small customized CMS from scratch because of hosting > limitations. $50 flat. I've talked with others that it was a few hundred > for installing and customizing a photo gallery script. I just feel like > without some notion of what an employer is willing to pay, I'm not > willing to put forth time to find out. > > Am I the only one in this and I'm just crazy, or is it a shared > feeling? > > --Brian > >
I believe the difference lies in if you need a job or not. It's a whole lot of blind dates. However, companies that write DOE with no baseline may feel they are creating a better negotiating factor on their side, when to some of us, it makes us weary that their company isn't organized enough to figure out what they can afford. --Will _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
