[Gllug] Reasonable Salaries

Bernard Peek bap at shrdlu.com
Tue Feb 1 11:50:08 UTC 2011


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.

-- 
Bernard Peek
bap at shrdlu.com

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