Re: Flame on low-ball job offers

Is 50-55K really outrageously low for an Informix DBA w/ only 3 years experience? I'm not a DBA, but I know I could do it (and have acted as DBA many times). As a programmer with twice the experience, should I also consider 50-55K to be a slap in the face? Maybe I should check some salary surveys, but what do you consider someone described in the ad is worth? Jacob Salomon wrote: > > Disclaimer: What follows is strictly the opinion of the author of this > mail, not the company it originates from > > Folks, > > Last year, Lars Eric Nelson, a columnist in the NY Daily news, wrote an > article about this practice. I believe what we have here is a company > looking for an excuse to import foreign nationals and pay them half (or > less) what it would pay a US citizen for these skills, squeezing the > salary of the US market in computer skills. > > By placing an ad with enormous skill requirements (3 years DBA > experience, database design, data warehousing, OLAP.. WOW!!)and an > insulting salary offer, the company can tell INS "Hey, we can't fill the > job req with US skills; nobody answered our ad. You must now allow us to > bring in foreign help." Of course, any foreign national who they *do* > import has the same living expenses we do but by then, hey! He's here > already! And it's rather doubtful that they will find a single person > of ANY nationality with ALL those skills, so the skills of the whatever > person they do import could have been easily found domestically. > > Besides squeezing our salaries, this exploits the imported engineers, > who should command pretty much what we do for this work. > > I did some consulting at an insurance company that was paying its > actuaries $30,000/year with 9 or 10 exams plus Russian "Candidate" > degrees, the equivalent of PHD here. > > If anyone thinks the 50-55k salary is a low ball, you have company. > > Ron Scott & Associates wrote: > > > > Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as > > an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical > > and logical applications experience, and database design experience. > > > > Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data > > warehousing, and OLAP tools. > > > > Exciting position that involves building a data warehouse, > > implementing Universal Server, and a state-of-the-art environment. > > > > Salary $50-55k. > > > > Our firm specializes in recruiting computer professionals for both > > permanent and contract positions. We have many openings across > > a wide range of software platforms. For consideration, please either > > attach your resume (as a separate MS Word or Wordperfect file) to > > an email message, or you can fax your resume to us (in fine resolution mode) > > at the number below. All inquiries are treated as strictly confidential. > > > > Also see our web site at: http://www.mindspring.com/~ronscott. This > > is a clickable link if your newsreader supports it. > > > > -- > > > > Ron Scott & Associates > > 10040 W. 32nd Ave. > > Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 > > Phone: 303-232-4015 Fax: 303-232-4094 > > Email: ronscott@mindspring.com > > Website: http://www.mindspring.com/~ronscott > > -- > -- Jake (With a huge reserve of steam)