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From: "Tina Fanetti" <FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Salary Quest: Re: Postition Available: Director of
InstructionalLaboratories
I knew it. I am being robbed. I am working for peanuts.
Tina
Yes and no. You are probably not being paid what you're worth, but if we
measure 'fair-pay' by the salaries of professional athletes......... I'll
bet you can find a house in your area for under $100,000 and a damn nice
house for under $200,000. On either coast, these same houses would run up
to 10x more. Tuition and/or tax support for your school is probably
reasonably low. It is difficult for a school that can't offer a starting
Ph.D. over $40,000 (often much less) to pay staff what they deserve. I'm
sure most of us with doctorates, at least early in our careers, have seen
undergraduates go out into jobs at starting salaries above ours. It's a
free market thing--learn to live with it or find another career--like
pitching for the NY Yankees! ;-)
Rick
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