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orion:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 05, 2008, 11:35:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: orion on December 05, 2008, 08:18:41 pm ---If you don't get your money going in, your not going to get it, unless you can change jobs within the organization.
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The quickest way to make 'money' working for a public university is to work there 2-3 years, hop to private industry for 2 years, and then come back. You'll be making $5k/yr more when you come back than you would have if you had stayed. :-\
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Yea I did that a long time ago, and when I came back I was making 10K more than when I left. I had worked for the state for a year in public television (interesting bunch) and when I found another job I decided to withdraw my years worth of retirement because I didn't think I would ever come back to work for the state (and because I wanted this really comfy lazy boy recliner) I could buy back that year, but man is that costly... no thanks. There are a few advantages to working for the state that make up somewhat for the pay. The benefits are good, I get two weeks off at Christmas and they give me 10 hours of annual leave a month, which means I always can take off two weeks in the summer as well. The main advantage for working for the state is job security, and with the economy the way it is right now I see it a big plus.
daywane:
This reminds me of a interview I had.
all was going well.
then the person asked to see my pay stubs and asked a bunch of questions about my moms birth name.
wanted a lie detector test.
That is when I Started to LOL and told the jerk he was only a manager @ toys R us
True story
Level42:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 07, 2008, 12:33:54 pm ---My wife applied for a summer job as a dentist's receptionist and the application asked for age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, and marriage status. :-\
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Age and marriage status sound pretty normal to me. All the others would be illegal to even ask here.
The fact of having persons names with their salaries available for everyone to see would be absolutely unthinkable overhere. There are privacy laws about such information. Although, with the excuse of fighting terrorism, our privacy is being hurt more and more every day. 1984 may not have happened but we ARE going into that direction.
shardian:
I'm pretty sure it is illegal for an interviewer to require you to divulge marital or dependent status. I seem to remember hearing something about that in Senior seminar when learning about interviews.
hyiu:
I believe they cannot ask your age in US.... that will lead to age discrimination...
I don't know about marriage status, dependent status... etc.
but I think the company is asking for trouble if they're asking these things...
(in US.... that is... since US is the law suit country.... lol.....)
and for the record... when I got my current job, I did was asked for my current salary...
and I did give the head hunter my current salary...
they did not ask for a paystub for prove...
does it put the job seeker in somewhat a disadvantage ?
I think so...
but they did give me a decent raise...
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