How Tough to be With Your Boss
It completely depends on how much leverage you have. If you perform a service that absolutely, undeniably cannot be replaced by someone else then you have the most leverage possible. I will elaborate on my current situation in that I provide computer services to a company that pays be $12.50 per hour. I can basically do a lot for them in that I can make web servers (Windows, and Linux) as well as graphics design, (x)html coding, the integration of fancy javascripts and a slew of other services; no way in a million years they will find another tech savvy Engineer to work here for this salary. There were two employees previous to me Emil was first, and he wanted 30$ per hour to do a fraction of the work that I am currently doing. I saw a document on the companies computer that detailed what he was going to do for that particular salary; wow. Then came Mike, I’ve heard that he was not very good and various things; ie. slow ect… I don’t know weather he was fired or not, but his salary was definitely comparable to my current salary. Although I doubt that he has a college degree and nearly the functionality that I provide to the company.
I am just documenting in my blog how I feel about the services I provide my current employer, considering the salary of receive in return. Its a joke. When I worked as an intern on the Williamsburg Bridge there was a computer tech guy sitting in the office all day long. He did absolutely nothing. He waited for people to have tech problems, which was rare; otherwise he was relaxing all day long. I have no doubt that his salary was relatively tremendous as compared to my current salary. he was probably receiving well over 20$ per hour, and since it was for a Engineering consulting firm he was most definitely receiving health and other benefits. My situation is a joke compared to this, being that I provide services that are on a whole other level. There are people receiving hundred if not thousands of dollars per day for website design, and management; this is what I provide this company. And that’s just for design, and management. Graphics design is a whole other level, and they receive thousands for quality time intensive work. What about the catalogs of hundreds of pages that I work on for this company. I finished on catalog that is over 140 pages, and started another that will be more. I am so sick of doing such work for such pay; I do not intend to finish the second catalog.
