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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sadness of it all is that I know of another
position at another school that pays less than this! It was posted here on
CAUT about a month ago. It is for a third technician at a school up
north. I have no shame in telling everyone that I'm putting in for a lot
of these CAUT jobs. But this job up north... It pays less than GA,
and the technician who's in charge told me that he is mostly trying to
look for applicants who have gone through the Masters program in Florida.
Keep in mind I don't know a technician who's gone through that program, so I
can't speak for them. It seems like a needle in a haystack situation
though. Can you get someone from a masters program to work for
$30000? Someone who you just want to use to tune practice rooms...
Needless to say, because of the pay and the duties I am no longer interested in
that opportunity. Perhaps someone is, but I don't know who. I got in
to this business because I found it to be interesting, challenging and a lot of
fun. The facts are, I made a good living before I became a technician and
can only downgrade so much! On the other hand... A University which
I wanted to work for turned me down with out a tryout or interview. My 5
years experience, a certificate from a 2 year accredited institution in Piano
Technology, being an RPT, having lots of concert experience was just not enough
for them. This is after not having a full time technician for more than 2
years. Needless to say I'm told that the pianos are in quite a state of
disrepair. They posted the job 3 times and could not get anyone they
wanted. They are going after the technicians that make $100000 per
year. They want to get one of them and pay them $50000. I can't
believe that one of those folks will take a pay cut of half, or stick around for
vary long. The facts are you probably wont get as many years out of a
person who's in their 50s/60s as you will a person who's mid 20s say.
That's not to say that age should be a factor in employment, its just that if
you can only keep a technician for 5 years, you should take a look at why.
I know I don't want to work as much when or if I reach 60. Maybe its just
me though? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Brock, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ZahringerK@missouri.edu href="mailto:ZahringerK@missouri.edu">Ken
Zahringer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] U of GA.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Shawn,<BR><BR>That’s the entertainment for the day.
Yes, that’s exactly how low I think it is, too. In dollar terms,
I’d say $5000-10,000 less than I would even begin to consider a realistic
offer. At least $40K, and then only with a cosmic benefits
package.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Ken Z.<BR><BR><BR>On 6/26/08 11:59 AM, "Shawn
Brock" <<A href="mailto:shawnbrock@fuse.net">shawnbrock@fuse.net</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT face=Arial>Anyone take a
look at the pay for this University of GA position? Looks offal low to
me. $32000/$37000... What do you guys think?<BR>Shawn Brock,
Rpt<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond><BR></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT face=Garamond><BR><BR>-- <BR>Ken Zahringer,
RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>MU School of Music<BR>297 Fine
Arts<BR>882-1202<BR>cell 489-7529<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></SPAN></BODY></HTML>