[job] vfx company junior systems support

Matt Wilson codebrewery at gmail.com
Fri Feb 2 19:04:50 GMT 2007


On 2/2/07, Denny <london.pm at metamathics.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 17:31 +0000, Alex Sayle wrote:
> > to quote $the_man,
> >
> > "It is an *entry* level *junior* technical position and pay is
> > competitive with similar positions in the industry.  It is a career
> > development opportunity with unlimited potential and exposure to
> > high-end technologies."
>
> Is $the_man scared of numbers?  I never really understood the point in
> being so deliberately vague about pay potential.  By all means specify a
> range, make it a long range if you want to hedge your bets, even state
> that you may offer above or below it under exceptional circumstances,
> but give people /something/ to base their decisions on.

I usually found it was because they asked you what /you/ expected,
then gunned just under that figure ... just like when agencies ask you
"so, what salary range are you hoping to get?" and I reply "a million
pounds a day, of course" ... unfortunately noboby has offered that
yet.


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