[Gllug] Reasonable Salaries

[Sunny Aujla]

> A probation period is OK but a year is far too long for it. It's up to
> the employer to take active steps to determine whether the employee is
> suitable and to do that as quickly as possible. I'd say three months
> would be reasonable.

Agree, but nowadays most companies give 6 months for probation period.

Sunny

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Bernard Peek <bap at shrdlu.com> wrote:

> On 01/02/11 10:55, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > As someone who believes in the apprenticeship model I'm trying to get
> > my $DayJob to hire graduate's interested in the sysadmin way of life
> > and as a professional career path.
> >
> > So what would people consider a 'reasonable' salary, it need not be
> > market-leader compensation grades. Were looking for graduates with 65%
> > or better aggregate results in computer sciences / IT. Working in
> > North London. Initially it will only be regular work hours, after a
> > few months expanding into doing on-call 24/7 cover.
> >
> > I dont like the word probation, but the terms of employment would be
> > along those lines. One year of the probationary setup leading upto a
> > permanent job and a XX % bump in salary. I honestly feel it would be
> > more like an apprenticeship leading upto them being able to sit
> > through a platform specific interview. Perhaps an RHCE at the end of
> > the year ? We might even throw in the costs for the exam's if that
> > helps bring in interest.
> >
>
> A probation period is OK but a year is far too long for it. It's up to
> the employer to take active steps to determine whether the employee is
> suitable and to do that as quickly as possible. I'd say three months
> would be reasonable.
>
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> Bernard Peek
> bap at shrdlu.com
>
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