what is job humping? I cant believe the defeated attitude some people have on here, its like they have already resigned or something, even in a bad market there are opprotunities to make real money.
I agree 5% is not even in the same galaxy of being enough to move on but I am hoping in the next few months I could see a shift in pay of 130% which is enough for me to hop. 40-50% is also non-trivial and would warrant a jump. Of course you have to look at who you would be working for and what your job function would be, for me the agency shift would keep me sitting in the exact same place with the client just with a different contractor so you cant pass that up, dump your contractor that is skimming to much to one that can better manage there overhead. Going from client to vendor or off site contractor is like a down step so the rate hike would have to be enormus, there is too much hoop ha working projects that are not well ran, so even if the money is good its still a pain in the a** so the money basicly has to be awesome, otherwise find someone else to work 60 hrs a week for free while getting bitched at about change orders.
I know. It was relatively cogent, and spelled correctly. He even had me going that he was a somewhat intelligent human being...until he had to throw in his Troll line ("work 60 hrs a week for free") right there at the end.
I don't care what sort of miracles certain unmentioned dillholes think are the norm, but those aren't really bad raises in a down economy - other places are still furloughing, cutting pay, laying off people and eliminating bonuses. But if you can get more somewhere else you should go for it, I think that's usually where the big pay jumps happen.
I'm a utility regulator, so I work with a lot of power (and some gas) utility people. In general I agree they have really good jobs, with good pay, work environment, stability, and benefits. Especially if you work out of the central offices or in transmission or distribution design. In my experience it can be a little less ideal if you are a power plant engineer, or in charge of system maintenance. those hours can be strange, especially if your system has a lot of problems. But they also get reasonable pay.
Agreed. It all depends on which part of the utility you work for. I was a plant guy, the 70 and 80 hour weeks got pretty old. I'm much happier on the consulting side of the fence.
