InfoWorld 2004 Salary Survey Results 320
tverbeek writes "InfoWorld has released the results of their Salary Survey for 2004 [pdf], and in the intro they declare that there's less bad news and more optimism, as IT budgets and salaries in particular are starting to creep back up. So now we get to witness the curious phenomenon of Lake Anti-Wobegone, as all the techies we hear from complain that their salaries are still below 'average'."
Jobserve (Score:5, Informative)
Google Cache (Score:4, Informative)
Slashdotted already ... (Score:2, Informative)
Make that Anti-(Lake Wobegon) (Score:5, Informative)
See this study on the Lake Wobegone effect [heinemann.com] (pdf).
Re:Lake Anti-Wobegone (Score:3, Informative)
Garrison Keiller wasn't a math major (Score:5, Informative)
Consider an exam taken by 4 people. 3 people score a 10. 1 person scores a 2. That makes an average of 8 (10 + 10 + 10 + 2 = 32. 32/4 = 8). Most of the people scored above average.
This is why Mean and Median are useful concepts.
Re:put on your slashdotting helmet, gentlemen (Score:5, Informative)
Kevin Railsback
IT Manager
InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.
Re:More power to you. (Score:3, Informative)
The Global Rich List [globalrichlist.com]?
Re:Things *have* been good... (Score:4, Informative)
Congrats on your 20% increase. I worked my ass off this year too, and received an annual review of "exceeds expectations". You know what my raise was? The same as everyone else's: 0%. Even the fuckstick who takes 2 hour lunches, disappears for hours at a time during the day, and doesn't get his shit done at all, let alone on time. I am not sure if we are making the same amount, but we are at the same grade level.
This is for a very large company, where the CEO made $9 mil in salary ALONE last year, and whose total compensation was over $50 mil. Every salaried employee in the company gets no raise this year, and we don't have a bonus program. And we were told that we were "lucky to have jobs" and that "there are no other jobs out there". I have already started looking, and really hope that the market opens up a little so I can get the F out of here. While those things are technically true, it is not how you keep your employees happy. I don't need to hear that when the CEO almost made more in millions than I made in thousands. And since the company policy is that they cannot give any recommendations if used as a reference (they can only verify that I was employed here) then you can be sure that I am going to lay it on the line when I leave, and they aren't going to get one second more than 2 weeks notice. (if that) For some reason, the bad economy can be used as an excuse by employers to fuck the employees.