Senior Pay Scale

[Mike McFarlin]

Is it FAIR for a 20 year Senior with loads of experience to be paid the same as a tech who is working his first job as A Senior?

[Already Gone]

Hell No!
They ought to pay the kid twice as much because he can actually climb the ladder to do the survey.

[grantime]

Fair is a loaded word.  Surely the 20 year tech has more experience. But are they a better?   I've worked with a few techs with lots of experience that weren't worth a good Jr.  So how do you quanitfy good tech vs experience?  Performance reviews?  We've all seen problems with that too.

[alphadude]

when you apply for the same job -20 year or 20 day -its still the same job- and the pay is the pay- if you are a 20 year sr you should be looking into engineering or alara- those ladders get higher every year.  why should somebody get extra pay for a non-union-non seniority building job?  business is business

[ageoldtech]

In ALARA the blankets do not get lighter with age!

[RRhoads]

Hell No!
They ought to pay the kid twice as much because he can actually climb the ladder to do the survey.

HA!!
Good one!
No doubt...doesn't even have to be a kid....Got hosed like that at SSES a couple years back..really opened my eyes...i ain't no kid but i ain't in my 50's yet

[illegalsmile]

That would depend on whether or not the job expectations were the same. Also, as others have pointed out, there are a lot of 20 yr techs who ain't worth a piece of used toilet paper.

[Mike McFarlin]

In ALARA the blankets do not get lighter with age!

Your right.

[ulsbya]

they should have steps.. I am new to the nucluear way {crane operator}, I have worked one outage in Monticello, Mn and already drug up {along with others} after 3 and a half weeks of there bulls**t, checks not right, cuts in hours, mandatory days off after being promised 7.. 12's dont head to monticello if anybody is a boomer 

Sincerely,

al

[Radconrob]

A 10 yr Senior will get $45 hr with Nelson Nuclear.  He has a post in Nuke News under Nelson Nuclear Cooperation if you have questions.  You might want to check it out if you are tired of the current wages.  I think he is currently getting contracts and is accepting resumes.  It is worth a shot.

[Already Gone]

Rock is a standup guy.  I just don't see a lot of opportunities to work for him.  Has he posted any jobs?  If so, I'm game.

[illegalsmile]

I don't know Rock. I looked for his ad in NN and couldn't find it. I called his number this afternoon......got voicemail, no call back yet. It sounds real good.

[HenryBlack]

Post his phone or address and fax. I'll be interested in talking to a new Brand X.

[Radconrob]

If he has the resumes he can bid for more contracts.  When I talked to him he was in the process of getting some contracts.  You may want to give him a call at 509-539-4902.  His forum topic is in Nuke News, scroll down to Nelson Nuclear Cooperation, and open that.  I just looked and it was there.  He does have a web site www.nelsonnuclear.com . It looks like it is still under construction but you can submit your resume.  I don't know the money sounds good and it is worth a shot.  It can't hurt.

[Rennhack]

If he has contracts, he should post his jobs in the job board, other wise, this is an unauthorized advertisement, and fishing for resumes without a contract.  Technician beware.  $45/hr for an RCT/HPT?  If it sounds too good to be true, it is.  When he posts a job in the job board, I'll believe it.  When he calls me with an offer, I'll believe it.  Untill then, its just a bunch of smoke.

"If he gets resumes, he can bid it"... Hell there are about 2,000 HPT/RCT resumes in our database.  Every HPT/RCT job posting gets over 1,000 views a month.

Having the resumes isn't the problem.  Getting a contract that pays TWICE what anyone else will staff it for is the problem.  You'll get more people than you can handle if you get ONE contract.  Techs would drag up for that pay diff.

Lets stop blowing smoke now, ok?

[alphadude]

interesting web page- a picture of the ROCK... and blank spaces--and as Mr. Rennhack knows presentation is EVERTHING.. so ROCK if ya's wants to play- make it purty- finish the web page..As someone that evaluates viable partners, I look at their webpage first- no web page -HELLO this is the 21st century, a single web page that is well done- usually mom and pop operation with one or two contracts, multiple webpages with portals- they gots sum money... soooo as I said presentation is everything-especially in a smokey room.

[Gonzo]

Is it FAIR for a 20 year Senior with loads of experience to be paid the same as a tech who is working his first job as A Senior?

to quote claude, "Does he have 20 years experience?  Or 1 year experience, 20 times?"

Always wanted to use that quote....   finally got to..

[Mike McFarlin]

A 10 yr Senior will get $45 hr with Nelson Nuclear.  He has a post in Nuke News under Nelson Nuclear Cooperation if you have questions.  You might want to check it out if you are tired of the current wages.  I think he is currently getting contracts and is accepting resumes.  It is worth a shot.

Sign me up!

[Already Gone]

If he has contracts, he should post his jobs in the job board, other wise, this is an unauthorized advertisement, and fishing for resumes without a contract.  Technician beware.  $45/hr for an RCT/HPT?  If it sounds too good to be true, it is.  When he posts a job in the job board, I'll believe it.  When he calls me with an offer, I'll believe it.  Untill then, its just a bunch of smoke.

"If he gets resumes, he can bid it"... Hell there are about 2,000 HPT/RCT resumes in our database.  Every HPT/RCT job posting gets over 1,000 views a month.

Having the resumes isn't the problem.  Getting a contract that pays TWICE what anyone else will staff it for is the problem.  You'll get more people than you can handle if you get ONE contract.  Techs would drag up for that pay diff.

Lets stop blowing smoke now, ok?

I was trying to be polite (not my style, I know) but I really have to agree with Mike 100%.  Rock may have the best of intentions, but no actual contracts.  How many do you think he can get at those prices?  Even worse, how long can he survive in business if he actually does get some contracts?  This is one of those times when you have to say, "be careful what you wish for ..."

Maybe $45/hour looks good until you realize that they will be having a layoff after the first week.  A tech could go hungry that way.

Face it, a 10 year Sr. HP is just not properly priced $45 per hour.  Worth that much?  That's a different question.  Rock's apparent philosophy is that you can pick from the very best if you pay more than anyone else.  The problem is that nobody is willing to pay for the best when the average will do.  In a business where "80% is as good as 100" who is going to pay more to get a lot of 95's?  

Look around all the threads on NW.  You'll see an awful lot of talk about HP's placing a higher value on working at a specific plant or getting their girlfriends a job as a firewatch or their brother a slot as a deconner than things like pay rates.  As long as BS like that has ANY value at all, the money simply will not be forthcoming.  Period.  No, I mean really P-E-R-I-O-D.  

All you 95% techs can just kiss goodbye any hope of getting paid what you are really worth because there are too many who are willing to trade off for a chance to work at their favorite plant, which they will get as long as they can retain 80% of the required knowledge for the hour it takes to take the exam.

If you want to make more money, find a job where it actually matters that you are really good at it.

[SloGlo]

Is it FAIR for a 20 year Senior with loads of experience to be paid the same as a tech who is working his first job as A Senior?

no, it ain't fair.  duz it happen?  every freeking day.  whatcha gonna due?

[SloGlo]

And that picture sucks, can you take a picture with a real camera, and not a cell phone?

hay, c'mon.  itza brandy nue sight.  159 visiters.  eye yam gonna give hymn a resume when eye kin find won.

[Radconrob]

I didn't realize posting in a Q&A forum with information I found within this website was advertisement.  I thought this was an open forum for Q&A.  I saw the post for Nelson Nuclear in a forum and relayed that information to others, how would I know about who paid who for what advertisement on this website.  That has nothing to do with me talking about what is already in these forums.  So if you think my intent was to advertise for someone elses company I am sorry, because I just swing meters not advertisement.

[Rennhack]

I didn't realize posting in a Q&A forum with information I found within this website was advertisement.  I thought this was an open forum for Q&A.  I saw the post for Nelson Nuclear in a forum and relayed that information to others, how would I know about who paid who for what advertisement on this website.  That has nothing to do with me talking about what is already in these forums.  So if you think my intent was to advertise for someone elses company I am sorry, because I just swing meters not advertisement.

Calm down.  Everything is ok.

[atomicarcheologist]

Is it FAIR for a 20 year Senior with loads of experience to be paid the same as a tech who is working his first job as A Senior?

This would probably depend on whether these disparante techs are performing the same tasks.  If so, then yes it is fair, much as a first year journeyman carpenter and a 20 year man who are both erecting scaffolding in containment.  Perhaps it would be less fair if the two techs were doing different level jobs, say the first year senior was taking care of the S/G platform and the 20 year tech was taking care of the entire elevation.  But, I imagine that those two job classifications do pay the same rate.

[illegalsmile]

....or if, as I have recently seen, a 5 yr tech covering the refuel floor and a 15 yr tech watching the PCM's and frisking out tools.....should the 5 yr tech be paid more?

[RDTroja]

We could always go back to the 'good old days' where everyone negotiated their own deal and everyone got paid based on negotiations and the 'buddy system.' You would have brand new 'seniors' making more than the 20+ year people (if you could find any 20+ folks. Back then 5 years was a ton of experience.)

[alphadude]

yep rd and we got two years experience for every month worked...

[SloGlo]

....or if, as I have recently seen, a 5 yr tech covering the refuel floor and a 15 yr tech watching the PCM's and frisking out tools.....should the 5 yr tech be paid more?

hail know!  iffen he was as good as da 15 year, he'd be sitting, watcheen pcms, friskeen tools, tocking to da wimmen, 'n wondering wereinell is da relief!  experience gits payed big bux to due little.  axe any manager.