[OneWingedShark]

>>”I would bet that they interview qualified candidates who exit laughing when they hear the offered wages.”
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>That’s precisely the issue. The employer can’t find workers with the skills they need AT A SALARY THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY!
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>They use this same hogwash when it comes time to justify H1B visas in the tech industry: We’ve have these two-dozen programming jobs (must be expert with .net, java AND cobol, BSEE, expert in 4 different development lifecycle methodolgies etc.)

Hm, I’m nominally interested. Though I have to say Java (any and all C-style languages) is not my preferred language, and I don’t have any experience with COBOL or BSEE. (I’ve never heard of BSEE.) To be honest, I’d rather use Ada; which can, coincidentally, be compiled for either the JVM or .NET.

Does the job require relocation? If so, to where?

>open for the last 6 months and are unable to fill them.
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>The part they DON’T mention is that these jobs require 12hr days and pay $26.50hr without benefits.

Salaried $26.50/hr AND 12 hr workdays -> $318/day -> $1,590 week (assuming 60/hr work-week AND no overtime pay)
With overtime, that would be ($26.50 * 40) + ( (1.5*$26.50) * (60-40) ) = $1,060 + ( $39.75 * 20 ) = $1,060 + $795 = $1,855 {/wk}

[utax]

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

[utax]

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

[meadsjn]

Forget the fancy overtime calculations. Make that 26.50 for a 40-hour week (for the salary). The hours worked would be 12+ per day, with occasional weekends. No overtime pay, no benefits, no bonuses, no guarantees, no relocation reimbursements, no hope of profit, or even breaking even.

That is the IT pay scale today.