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You know that whole survivor's guilt thing? I am feeling a bit of that now, knowing how many people are out of work or working well below thier level just to get by. But dammit... I deserve this.
When I started at my current job, I was hired as a QA person and was paid accordingly. It was not my dream job, but it sure as hell put food on the table and I consider myself very fortunate to have only been out of work for five months before I landed the job. Some very good friends of mine have gone much longer with little or no job prospects.
In the fallout of September 11th, the product I am working on was completely redefined and became a web app instead of a windows app. Several developers either left or were laid off, not being interested in working with ASP.NET. With my previous experience in ASP development I was moved out of QA and took on a developer role, which made me a very happy boy. At the time I didn't ask about a salary adjustment because frankly I was happy to not be laid off. (refer to the paragraph above)
As time wore on,however, I found myself doing very complex development work while still being paid at a QA level. I finally had to walk into my boss' office and say "hey, if I'm gonna be a developer shouldn't I be getting *paid* as a developer?"
As it turns out, the company was well aware of the inequities in pay and had commissioned a salary study of the local job market with the intention of paying people what they are worth. True to their word, I just found out today that my salary is being adjusted up by $10k effective two weeks ago.
Did I mention how much I love my company?
When I started at my current job, I was hired as a QA person and was paid accordingly. It was not my dream job, but it sure as hell put food on the table and I consider myself very fortunate to have only been out of work for five months before I landed the job. Some very good friends of mine have gone much longer with little or no job prospects.
In the fallout of September 11th, the product I am working on was completely redefined and became a web app instead of a windows app. Several developers either left or were laid off, not being interested in working with ASP.NET. With my previous experience in ASP development I was moved out of QA and took on a developer role, which made me a very happy boy. At the time I didn't ask about a salary adjustment because frankly I was happy to not be laid off. (refer to the paragraph above)
As time wore on,however, I found myself doing very complex development work while still being paid at a QA level. I finally had to walk into my boss' office and say "hey, if I'm gonna be a developer shouldn't I be getting *paid* as a developer?"
As it turns out, the company was well aware of the inequities in pay and had commissioned a salary study of the local job market with the intention of paying people what they are worth. True to their word, I just found out today that my salary is being adjusted up by $10k effective two weeks ago.
Did I mention how much I love my company?
