Stuart Pierce wrote:
>
> Salary is not the number one interest in a job, but let's just say it
> runnin' neck and neck. No offense was meant by my message, only for the
I agree with Stuart. There is more to a job than money. But then again,
until I win the lottery, it will be the primary reason that I get up
every day and go to work instead of following other pursuits.

> Original Text
> >From Mike Bundy <[log in to unmask]>, on 9/23/97 9:53 AM:
> In conversation with the IS VP, he feels salary ranges are a waste
> oftime.Salary as with other benefits are negotiable, based on
> experience
This sounds like a statement from a very old-fashioned company, still
entrenched in the 'good ol boy' system of getting things done and
promoting people. Perhaps stated by the manager not willing to pay
market rate, and hoping to interest a candidate with
'substitutions/benefits' for a competitive salary?

> andwhatthat individual will bring to the organization.  Compensation is
> betweenmanagement and the individual.
It seems that the desire to keep a salary secret only applies when
someone isn't earning very much - after all, the salary of most chief
operating officers is public knowledge (okay, mostly publicly held
companies) and usually very large.

> If salary is the only interest thanperhapsthat individual would not be > a desirable candidate.
Someone switch to decaf. Of course salary isn't the only reason - there
are some jobs intolerable at any salary. But it should be the primary
interest. Let's face it...why does anyone go to work? To feel fulfilled
and productive? Someone could get that by working for a charitable
organization or whatever else makes that person happy.