[CAUT] bid savvy

[Jeff Tanner]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Willem Blees wrote:

> I think the first step in this process is related to Lance's last
> statement. "The whole system just doesn't seem to be conducive
> to getting good quality work, just the cheapest price."
> Until universities recognize that in order to get quality work, it
> will be necessary to pay a technician a wage comparable to what they
> make in the private sector.
>
> Fred, one of the things CAUT can do is ask PTG to do an in depth
> survey of the income of piano tuners. Qualifications not withstanding,
> until the PTG can show how much the top money makers in our field are
> making, universities will have no bench mark from which to start. They
> will continue to offer inadequate salaries, and then wonder how come
> noone who is qualified to do the work will apply for the job.
>

I think the question is more related to the contract bid process,  
which is a bit of a horse of a different color.  With the employee  
interview process, you can have more flexibility.  With the bid  
process, you may be having unknowledgeable people making decisions  
based on numbers on a sheet of paper.

Have we not gotten the results on last year's survey?  I have to  
admit, I wasn't able to participate in it.  By the time I got my W2  
and had a chance to calculate my income and expenses for the year,  
the company conducting the survey closed it out.

> Qualifications not withstanding,
> until the PTG can show how much the top money makers in our field are
> making...<snip>

I think this is exactly the rock and a hard place we are in.  The top  
money makers may not necessarily be RPTs or even members.  But they  
wouldn't be top money makers without at least an above average  
reputation.  Being an RPT is great and all that, but I think making  
money is why most people go into this business.  And reputation will  
make you a lot more money in this business than three capital letters  
after your name.  That's what makes it so difficult to word  
qualifications.

Jeff



Jeff Tanner, RPT
University of South Carolina



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