Annual IT Salary Survey Finds Dissatisfaction

BobB writes "A storm seems to be brewing in the IT job market. Pay raises have continued to outpace inflation, and bonuses are downright impressive — 11.6% on average. Yet, as the 2007 Network World Salary Survey finds, dissatisfaction over salary packages is rampant."

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The secret to maintaining a healthy IT job market.

[QuantumG]

Get the head hunters to contact IT geeks every 6 to 8 months and offer absolutely plumb jobs. When you get em on the phone, "refresh their job details" and then tell them that plumb job is gone, but you'll keep an eye out for them.. just what salary range are you looking for? Oh, well, with your skills you should be getting paid a lot more than that.. etc.

Re:inflation

[dropadrop]

It might not be inflation, rather your lifestyle adapts to how much you earn.

The unsatisfied worker

[markov_chain]

Quoted from bottom of article:

The 2007 Network World Salary Survey finds these characteristics are typical of network professionals who are more dissatisfied with their jobs than not:

• Has been in current position six years or longer and promoted only once or not at all.
  
• Makes less than $60,000 a year in a staff-level position, particularly working on collating and stapling, training or does help desk or tech support.
  
• Has no direct reports.
  
• Is not expecting to receive a bonus in 2007.
  
• Is not expecting to receive a paycheck in 2007.
  
• Works at a company with more than 1,000 employees, often in banking.
  
• Lives in a Southwestern state.
  
• Has earned a bachelor's vs. holding no college degree.
  
• Has been asked to move his desk more than three times in 2007.
  
• Has had a stapler taken away by his manager.
  
• Is not permitted to listen to the radio except from 9-11 and even then only at a reasonable volume.
  

I was dissatisfied so I asked for $65535

[sweet_petunias_full_]

Actually boss, never mind that pay raise I wanted, just make my salary exactly $65535 and I'll forget about the whole thing. You are using excel 2007, right?

I still have too much.....

[Anonymous Coward]

.... month left at the end of my salary.

Salary is similar to menstruation:

• It comes once a month
• It lasts for about 3 days
• When it doesn't come you're in trouble

Re:Money is important but not the only considerati

[Attila Dimedici]

Studies have shown repeatedly that children who spend a significant amount of time in childcare (I forget what the number of hours involved was, but it was less than the amount of time that would be necessary if both parents work full time) are much more likely to be bullies and have other socially undesirable traits. Additionally, there have been several studies that indicate that children who are home schooled have significantly better social skills than those who went through the school system (considering that the researchers were expecting the opposite result, these latter studies are rather telling). Sorry, I no longer have the references for either of these studies, but I'm sure if you do a little research you can find them. My suspicion is that children are better socialized by being exposed to adults who have already learned how to be responsible than to other children who have not yet learned this.

Re:Is there anyone happy with their salary?

[yaman666]

Wait until you get a family or decide you want to buy a house. Raising children, mortgage, college tuitions... those costs pile up. :-)

Re:inflation

[xelah]

I make $700 a seek

Remind me never to buy a storage array from you...