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Considering the whole package, I feel I am adequately compensated
Starting Jan 1st, it will be $14 per hr
$13 per hr
Paid to drive to work
12-14 hrs a mo of earned time off
4% match
Free health plan
Free accident, dismemberment policy w/50K life insurance
High quality low cost dental policy- 95% covered by employer
Some paid holidays. If not, 1.5x pay on holidays
35% of the time is spent asleep
$200 yearly bonus & a few $25 gift cards given during the year
Overtime opportunities
I've been in positions where I felt underpaid only to realize a few years later that I was correctly compensated (i.e. $55k salary when I was 22, $70k salary when I was 25; I thought I was underpaid but I wasn't). In the past four/five years, I went from overcompensated ($170k with zero experience but really long hours) to feeling undercompensated ($150k for a job in the same line of work as the $170k job, but much better hours), to wildly overcompensated ($300k last year, $450k this year).
Starting in 2018, I will be fairly compensated again ($220ish depending on bonus), assuming no major transactions.
My pay is the result of being involved in an usual transaction at a large corporation. Hopefully I can find another one to get tangled up with in the next couple/few years.
Or if not, just how much would you have your pay raised to what you think you should get?
For now, yes...but I get tired of the below-inflation level raises that every company hands out that practically force you to look for a new gig every few years.
I work for a non-profit at the moment. I can make, in terms of base salary and bonuses, much more in the private sector.
But since we are a quasi-government entity, we get benefits that are second to none. Nearly 15% of my salary is going into an assortment of retirement accounts. I get free, unlimited public transportation in the region.
It balances out. My full compensation package is pretty comparable to what I'd likely get in the private sector. My ceiling would likely increase much higher if I got a Master's degree. Seems that's where I'm at in this stage of my career.
No one in my industry is paid adequately for the work we do. The social services field is way underpaid for the stress we deal with. Most of the jobs are non-profit jobs so there is no way to be paid higher. In this industry you truly do it for the love of the job (until burnout sets in at least!)
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