Wow. That's still insulting. Does this guy realize what the average starting salary is for a person with your educational background? I think I'd point out what that number is in the next communication.
I made $10,000/year in Houghton 10 years ago as a Graduate Research Assistant . . . and was barely able to make ends meet.
I agree. And I did point out what the average starting salary is when I responded to this. I also took my father's suggestion and asked him to give me a better idea of how much I should expect my salary to increase in 3 months, if he decides to make me another offer.
That's a pretty shitty salary.... where would you be living? I make more as a grad student + adjunct and I'm not even working full time.... I mean, I might take it if I were still looking and wanted money now but *cripes*....
There are some interesting consulting agencies out there if you'd like to travel a bit. Check out Sapient. My buddy that works for them makes shit balls of money and doesn't even work 3 months + out of the year. It's not a permanent type thing (I'd think, I can't imagine the company would be around forever) but... still...
It certainly is a risky proposition, however, it isn't uncommon for a first job out of college (MBA or not) to have a low starting salary with a quick climbing promotion schedule. But if it doesn't include any other benefits & you would have to relocate... hey, at least you'd possibly be eligible for welfare programs.
I'd also like to point out that the guy needs to take an English lesson. Personally, I wouldn't trust a company that allows ill-formed communications out to potential employees.
According to www.collegejournal.com/salarydata/ "Recent electrical-engineering and chemical-engineering graduates earn average annual starting salaries of $54,053 and $56,549, respectively, according to a spring 2006 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers in Bethlehem, Pa." and "M.B.A.s in 2006 who accepted job offers and have less than three years of work experience expected to earn an average annual base salary of $68,399 and a signing bonus of $10,736,"
I don't like being that far below the average. As for the English... it was obvious from my interview and phone conversation with him that English wasn't his first language. If those communications were made in Chinese or Japanese, probably Japanese though I'm not sure, it would probably be much better formed communications. I strongly suspect that one of the reasons he is interested in hiring me is because I have a business and technical background and, unlike him personally, English is my first language.
$1500 a month. $9.375 an hour assuming 4 40-hour weeks, which if you're salaried, yeah right.
Yeah, that sounds like someone trying to take a new grad with financial obligations and bend them over a table - and making you provide said table.
Let me see if I can dig up the recruiting link for the US Patent and Trademark Office - they're hiring electricals with signing bonuses that are better than half of that yearly salary, memory serving.
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I made $10,000/year in Houghton 10 years ago as a Graduate Research Assistant . . . and was barely able to make ends meet.
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I make more as a grad student + adjunct and I'm not even working full time.... I mean, I might take it if I were still looking and wanted money now but *cripes*....
There are some interesting consulting agencies out there if you'd like to travel a bit. Check out Sapient. My buddy that works for them makes shit balls of money and doesn't even work 3 months + out of the year. It's not a permanent type thing (I'd think, I can't imagine the company would be around forever) but... still...
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I'll look into that company. Thanks.
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I'd also like to point out that the guy needs to take an English lesson. Personally, I wouldn't trust a company that allows ill-formed communications out to potential employees.
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"Recent electrical-engineering and chemical-engineering graduates earn average annual starting salaries of $54,053 and $56,549, respectively, according to a spring 2006 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers in Bethlehem, Pa."
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"M.B.A.s in 2006 who accepted job offers and have less than three years of work experience expected to earn an average annual base salary of $68,399 and a signing bonus of $10,736,"
I don't like being that far below the average. As for the English... it was obvious from my interview and phone conversation with him that English wasn't his first language. If those communications were made in Chinese or Japanese, probably Japanese though I'm not sure, it would probably be much better formed communications. I strongly suspect that one of the reasons he is interested in hiring me is because I have a business and technical background and, unlike him personally, English is my first language.
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Yeah, that sounds like someone trying to take a new grad with financial obligations and bend them over a table - and making you provide said table.
Let me see if I can dig up the recruiting link for the US Patent and Trademark Office - they're hiring electricals with signing bonuses that are better than half of that yearly salary, memory serving.
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