<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] Reasonable job descriptions</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">If universities require so much experience</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">with concert level tech ability, then they should cough up the bucks and</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">pay for it.  Their reputation is on the line. There's got to be a way to</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">open these folks eyes to see what they have to lose, but I don't know what</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">it is.....</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Why should they, their offers are being met by yourselves. JeffTanner</div> <div>seems to be the only guy standing up to upgrade this very field.  Kudos.</div> <div><br></div> <div>If you don't have the tenacity to make it on your own in the private sector,</div> <div>accept what your are metered out.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Personally I think it is disgraceful what is paid for piano technicians at a</div> <div>caut setting where comparable administrative positions (bureaucrats)</div> <div>receive a pay grade in multiple factors.</div> <div><br></div> <div>We just have not yet come into our own, just yet.</div> <div><br></div> <div>As long as 'become a piano tuner' is promoted on the back of a pack of matches,</div> <div>what kind of credibility can there be.  Alright maybe exaggerated a bit, I haven't</div> <div>actually seen the advert.  But you get my intention.   But that's the attitude</div> <div>of the administration, Dime a Dozen.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Put in for more money. Get reclassified if it is a state pay grade. Why should</div> <div>piano techs. Are p-techs on the same grade as custodians (janitors)?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Even Dr. Phil says, "(In ways) You tell people how to treat you."</div> <div><br></div> <div>Gotta go, have more to say...</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>