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Originally Posted by guzzy
Wow. I don't know where to start with this. EPC usually pays more than producers...in salary, at least from the engineering side of it. The benefit with producers are the bonuses and benefits and the longer term commitments(better job security).
I have never heard anything of downtown jobs paying more than suburban offices. I work EPC and as far as i know salary between the two is indifferent rega
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Bonuses and benefits are where it's at in this town. Salaries may be higher for EPC's but I'd be very surprised if someone told me that they'd give up being a Staff Engineer at a downtown E&P with higher total comp (salary, bonus, options, benefits, lifestyle) in exchange for an EPC's higher base salary and greater chance of getting fired when a project dries up. (witness the layoff thread for evidence of EPC carnage)
But like I said, I'm not an engineer nor am I in EPC - I just get to deal with your cost overruns in a finance/accounting role. I can say with certainty though that for a variety of reasons - at least from a finance / accounting role - you are likely to get paid less working at a role outside of downtown.