Re: [Staffslug] Minutes from Keele meeting
On 23/10/2007, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 23/10/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to say, the pay for an IT technician is nowhere near what it should
> be. The amount of crap they have to put up with from teachers and students,
> it's a nightmare.
It's more the teachers trust me! Still, at least in Staffs under the
recent (2nd) review school ICT techs are proposed a huge pay rise.
Perhaps all my e-mails were not in vain.
I could so easily be tempted out of retirement...... When I left at
the end of 2000 I was on around £14,000 before tax. I was second in
command of the department and had plenty of stuff on my plate besides
the usual core work. I was in charge of budgets for staff equipment
as well as overseeing technical requirements for the computer lab (120
PC's at that time) together will all sorts of A/V gear. I also had to
deal with hiring and firing, the guy above me did not have a clue in
the admin side of things. He also hated Linux with a passion and
often stated that he could never see the day when it was a viable
force over Microsoft. Back to pay...out in the private sector an
equivalent salary for my job would have been nearer to £30,000. Uni's
are like schools, they will not pay a decent wage.
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Kevan Farmer
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Staffordshire