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Originally Posted by dubc80
Just a thought, but perhaps potential employers are looking at that as a bad thing?
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haha, yeah i guess...
In fairness, the work is a lot harder now then it was 10 years ago and we face more year-over-year (public) pressure to cut costs and increase productively. Where the joke was always something along the lines of 3 people doing 2 peoples work, it is now 1 person doing 3 peoples work while being threatened that their job will be privatized despite the fact no one in the private sector could do it for less then the $28,000-$48,000 a higher level support worker makes. All while our-once-generous-government-wages have stagnated compared to private industry wages. In 1997 when no one else was getting a raise our 3% looked pretty good. These days when the average is 4.5%+ (often a BIG PLUS), with bonuses and/or options and companies best workers are rewarded far better then that, our 3% is not keeping up at all.
Some of the best and most industrious people I have met work for the government for (what are now) below typical wages because they enjoy the work and they enjoy helping people. Sadly the breaking point is being hit and the best are slowly leaving for greener pastures outside government - not inside.
That is all why i am going back to university in fall (and thus will be fine in the longer term) - but it still sucks that despite working so hard, obtaining many specialized skills and doing a fantastic job no one outside government wants you for more then ~$18/hr (often more in the $14-$16 range!) despite the labour shortage! But as i said, it is the top skill and bottom skill jobs that are paying better then they should.
Claeren.