RE: Entry level??!!

Subject: RE: Entry level??!!
From: "Jones, Donna" <DJones -at- zebra -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:52:57 -0600


> We expect "entry level" to mean a lower level of
> requirements, but here it
> means simply the lowest level on the rung of highly skilled employees.
>

Or it could mean that there's only one level of technical writer at that company because they don't want to pay more than entry-level wages. Once you're in the job, you're at your peak with the company, and it will take you forever to get enough raises to make a decent salary. No way to move up unless you become management or leave the company.

I worked for a company like that back in the early 90s. My title was "editorial assistant," and I started at a mere $19K per year, but my job was as a full-fledged editor and writer. There was no moving up from that title, though my job got more complicated during the three years that I stayed there.

When I got my first raise there, taking me from $19K to $20K, I was told that I was actually getting 5.2% (they rounded it up from $19,950 to an even $20K) when no one else was getting over 5%. I'm sure that extra $50 per year went a long way. After taxes, I probably took home 60 cents a week more than I would have otherwise. Repeat after me--ooooo! :-)

Happy Monday!
Donna

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