---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Willem, Thanks for the comment, the more I think about it the more I agree with you on all you have said. -Mike Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 5/10/02 6:54:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > jorge1ml@cmich.edu writes: > > > >> Comparing to self employed techs has one concern. Private techs >> work at >> high wage, but many work few hours so total yearly incomes can be >> low. >> >> Comments? >> >> -Mike >> > > Hi guys; I just got back form Japan, so my answer is a little late. > But I do want to make a comment regarding salary. > > First, in regard to private sector "wage." I think we all agree that a > private sector tuning of $80, doesn't mean earning $80 per hour. Also, > full time private sector tech work more than 40 hours a week. Even > before I had my store, 60 hour weeks were common for me. > > A CAUT's salary should be comparable to other full time professional > staff positions at a university. The advantage we have is that we do > have the ability, if we so desire, to earn additional income tuning on > the side. > > By all means, I agree wholeheartedly, that a university should not pay > a tech a lower wage with the assumption that extra income can be > earned on the side. But by the same token, we might be shooting > ourselves in the foot if we advocate that CAUT's earn what the upper > end private sector techs can earn. If I recall, the survey taken a > couple of years ago showed that a very small percentage of private > techs earned more than $50,000 a year. The vast majority of full time > tech earned between $35 and $45 K. That is presumed to be net. I > realize that was 10 years ago, so we should be looking at $45 - $60 as > a comparable wage. But I think that is probably for those that work 60 > hours or more per week. So if we compare that to what CAUT's are > capable of making, I think it fits in. I think I make about the > average of what most of you are making. I will also make about half > that much in private tunings. So that puts me about where the private > sector comes in. > > As a side note, one benefit most private sector techs don't have is > the paid vacation and professional development time. When I working > for my self, any time I took off to go on vacation or to a seminar or > convention was unpaid. But the nicest benefit I have now is the paid > vacations and paid time off to go to seminars and conventions. That > alone makes this job worth the money I get paid. > > Wim > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/d7/39/b0/97/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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