MY Good News In The Midst of this Troubling Economy

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MY Good News In The Midst of this Troubling Economy
   



I have been in the airline industry for seven years five of which have been in flight operations the other two in customer support.

5 years ago my wife and I made a sacrifice of time spent together and I started a weekly 1800 commute between home and work so I could gain experience two years ago we sold our home an d she joined me for a year until last Sept. when my job/management at that time became unbearable to work for and another airline I heard good things about was hiring for type of work and my wife relocated back to Seattle and I went back to commuting.

Well three weeks ago a position came open back home for another aviation company and I applied, interviewed, and three days later was offered the job after they talked with 53 others......the biggest surprise came on April 1st when I met with the HR person to turn in aps and background check paperwork and took my drug test. The HR asked me if I had an idea of what I was worth so I said a figure 30% higher than what I was making and she said that was all I wanted....I said what were you thinking and she wrote a 5 digit figure that made me think that cameras were going to come in to the room and someone was going to tell me I had just been PUNKED and BTW April fools....the figure is enough for my wife to not have to work and still have a higher living standard than we could have ever imagined..

One thing I have found out is I have always received greater opportunity when a Democrat is in the White House....My wife and I nearly lost our home during BushJr admin,and we filed bankruptcy.

We will be making contributions to Democrats who are real Democrats that are running this November with some of the extra... We also will be making a better effort to by local products from local businesses....

I am truly humbled in all of this...

 

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[USA4ME]

rsmith6621

The HR asked me if I had an idea of what I was worth so I said a figure 30% higher than what I was making and she said that was all I wanted....I said what were you thinking and she wrote a 5 digit figure that made me think that cameras were going to come in to the room and someone was going to tell me I had just been PUNKED...

Yeah, corps are famous for not setting the wage they're willing to pay before they hire (which is usually a minimum of 30% higher than the industry average plus a little more) and HR departments always up the amount you claim you're willing to accept.  This is especially true during a recession when there are more good applicants than openings available.  

The only one's getting PUNKED by this are the idiots on Skin's island that believe it.

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[Karin]

Oh come on!  Salary negotiations do not work this way, with people getting cute and writing numbers on slips of paper, and being all coy, and giving the store away. 

Not to mention that this paragraph:

5 years ago my wife and I made a sacrifice of time spent together and I started a weekly 1800 commute between home and work so I could gain experience two years ago we sold our home an d she joined me for a year until last Sept. when my job/management at that time became unbearable to work for and another airline I heard good things about was hiring for type of work and my wife relocated back to Seattle and I went back to commuting.

is possibly the worst use of the English language in recent memory.  This does not spell out "high powered executive" to me.  It spells out "flunky." 

[GOBUCKS]

This salary negotiation sounds more like someone dickering the price on a '93 Impala.

This is a bouncy, wherein someone's mole is mocking DUmmy TwixVoy's problem of failing a drug test at the air  port. Twix blew his chance for a Cinnabon career, and is now trying to emigrate to Chad, where he'll look for a job stomping locusts.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Whatever job is involved, it clearly doesn't require written communication skills above the fourth grade level.

 

[littlelamb]

Sounds like another made up story to get some attention

[Ralph Wiggum]

One thing I have found out is I have always received greater opportunity when a Democrat is in the White House

 

[Zafod]

a 5 digit figure? HOLY ****ING SHIT NO WAY THATS ****ING INSANE!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!

[Randy]

One thing I have found out is I have always received greater opportunity handouts when a Democrat is in the White House

Fixiliddertated

[NHSparky]

Supporting TWO households on a five-figure salary?  Unpossible!  And as far as jobs which require background, etc..., my experience has been they'll TELL you what you're getting, and if you're able to negotiate from there, you do.

And someone should tell the DUmmies that lowballing your salary requirements is often just as bad, if not worse, than demanding more than the market average for your job/area.

[docstew]

a 5 digit figure? HOLY ****ING SHIT NO WAY THATS ****ING INSANE!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!

Holy shit, 5 digits, after 7 years in the field?  No Way!!

[JohnnyReb]

a 5 digit figure? HOLY ******* SHIT NO WAY THATS ******* INSANE!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!

$10,000....foodstamps, section 8 and then the wife and kids get on medicaid.

He's got the good life.

[formerlurker]

I have been in the airline industry for seven years five of which have been in flight operations the other two in customer support.

flight operations = ticket sales
customer support = baggage claim

????

 

[NHSparky]

The more I read this post, the more it sounds like our old buddy Cujo.

[formerlurker]

The more I read this post, the more it sounds like our old buddy Cujo.

Yes it does. 

[GOBUCKS]

flight operations = ticket sales
customer support = baggage claim

flight operations = gate area janitor
customer support - baggage area janitor
Honorable jobs, which would have starting salaries well into "five figures".
This story is a full-blown bouncy.

[tuolumnejim]

rsmith6621

The HR asked me if I had an idea of what I was worth so I said a figure 30% higher than what I was making and she said that was all I wanted....I said what were you thinking and she wrote a 5 digit figure that made me think that cameras were going to come in to the room and someone was going to tell me I had just been PUNKED...

Well one part he left out were the two decimal points after the first three numbers. 

[debk]

$10,000....foodstamps, section 8 and then the wife and kids get on medicaid.

He's got the good life.

 .....my first thought was $10k too!! 

[Ree]

a 5 digit figure? HOLY ****ING SHIT NO WAY THATS ****ING INSANE!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!

So he's gonna make $25,000?

[Zafod]

hell I spent 5 figures on my custody battle last year......

[diesel driver]

So he's gonna make $25,000?

I was thinking $328.47....   

[Lacarnut]

I was thinking $328.47....   

That's before taxes withheld.

[PatriotGame]

a 5 digit figure? HOLY ****ING SHIT NO WAY THATS ****ING INSANE!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!1!11!!!!!!!!

$983.05/year is a DUmmy 5-figure salary and a damned good one at that.