Approriate Pay

Land Stealer · 2013-04-02T20:23:00Z

Ok, I've lurked here for a while, but I finally got riled up enough to make a post. Let me give you a little of my background.I'm in the south in a small town. I work for a firm with about 35 employees. We have a branch office in a large city 3 hours away. The branch office has never done much surveying because we've never had competant personnel there. There is a competent, licensed surveyor that reports to that office on a regular basis, but he doesn't do much actual surveying. I am at the main office and I am the director of the surveying department. I manage a few crews and a couple of office personnel. I am in charge of all surveying that isn't related to construction, such as layout and CEI. We have several federal contracts. I am licensed in several states. I have a BS in Surveying.Now here's the rub. I have suspected for some time that I an underpaid. I realize that I am in not in charge and whatever I make is what I have agreed to. I understand that whatever situation I am in is ultimately my fault. Recently I received an email that accidently had too much information in it. It was forwarded to me and others welcoming a new unlicensed hire into the company at the branch office in the large city. This individual will in all likelihood be working at least in part, under me. He will be making $52,000, which is more than I make.To me, that is a not-too-subliminal message that I need to pack my bags and move on. While I can understand a multiplier for working in a big city, where I live isn't exactly stuck in a 50's time warp in rural Arkansas.How much should I be making? I know that is subjective to a lot of details, but still, $55,000? $65,000?I am really just shocked because I had imagined that I would be here for a long time, eventually owning part of this place, and it now appears that I have topped out and worn out my welcome.Thanks for reading this if you made it this far.

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> > Well, it seems like everytime someone is hired around here, my rank slips. Frankly, I think I'm done. I was told if I ever bring this subject up again, I'm fired.
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> It sounds as if you have grossly overestimated your value to your current employer. No need to burn a bridge unless you just want to. I would get another job and move on.

That pretty much sums my feelings up perfectly. There's no need to have any more drama over this.

Posted : April 3, 2013 11:57 am

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