just negotiated $50k/yr plus bonuses and vacations. they sending me a contract today to sign. if i do so i start next week.

i have this weird feeling the contract wont be exactly what we verbally agreed to though. wish me luck on that, i know im more than qualified for the position but what we agreed really is a little more than most people make doing this. im not most people though, so maybe the guy just liked me. yes its for a gay dick sucking service ill be blowin dudes all day

this is madison, wi where most people make less than 50K/yr

this is madison, wi where most people make less than 50K/yr

Drug testing coming????

this is madison, wi where most people make less than 50K/yr

Not in Madison, it progressive.


Jimmy Thick- Bars on every street corner.

Has nothing to do with progressive. Using equipment that could cause injuries or death, insurance companies are not big into insuring someone who is high from hs wake and bake, then drove the forklift into 3 cars in the parking lot.

Its a HUGE issue in the workplace for those who work labor jobs. How is something legal to do, not allowed to do per your job.

we know you don't drink.

Has nothing to do with progressive. Using equipment that could cause injuries or death, insurance companies are not big into insuring someone who is high from hs wake and bake, then drove the forklift into 3 cars in the parking lot.

Its a HUGE issue in the workplace for those who work labor jobs. How is something legal to do, not allowed to do per your job.

#justscrapingbytrack

i dont think the median income correlates to the number of people who actually make that number... you have a lot of rich living in madison that throws off the scale in that sense.

54K is the income midpoint in Madison, meaning 50% of all households earn 54K or more, and 50% of all households earn 54K or less.

31K is the average income in Madison, which may be skewed downward by the area's dependence on low-wage student labor.

btw, in madison the income per captia is $31k. so someone making $50k as a single person is doing well. fuck all of you jealous assholes that make "way more than $50k" but drive chrysler lebarons

50K for a salaried employee is like bottom of the barrel wages, that's a small step above fast food restaurant general manager. Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Woodmans assistant managers start at over 55k, if you take a salaried position for at around 50k or under you got screwed over.

Jimmy Thick- Madison is a high paying job heaven, if you know what you are doing.

Back when I was working third shift when I was in college at Home Depot off Verona rd in Madison, they had this huge sign stating they did drug testing but I was never tested. Only time I ever saw a drug test was at that Home Depot where some guy driving a forklift hit a desk, destroying it, and did over 30k in damage to all the computer fiber optics and connections and such.

I worked at Epic for five years and made over a million dollars in salary and never took a single drug test, Epic has very little turnover of salaried employees, the temps are just that.

That being said, Madison in general is more of a temp agency hiring state than full blown direct hires now, which is good for the employers, bad for the workers. The unions up here are completely impotent. But drug testing not really, its sadly cheaper to just bypass drug testing now, which as an employee I would be horrified by because I don't want a moron on drugs working with me.

I'm honestly thankful to be working in the Rockford area.


Jimmy Thick- Take em' out back, bullet in the head...

seems like only one guy is being an asshole. I'm still curious why they want you to sign a contract. If there are no liabilities to quitting the fucking job, go ahead. what's the harm?

seems like only one guy is being an asshole. I'm still curious why they want you to sign a contract. If there are no liabilities to quitting the fucking job, go ahead. what's the harm?

Agreed, though I think Ike should try to negotiate a base salary that pays at least the median for the area in which he resides (especially given that he has discussed his significant technical skills and extensive work history here in the past). Bonuses can be a funny thing, depending on the employer.

Keep in mind that "median household income" is not the same (or in my estimation anywhere near the same) as "median salary." Many households, especially those working in lower-end jobs, have more than one earner, and household income includes other forms of income besides earnings from work. I highly doubt that half the people in Madison who have jobs are earning over $54k from those jobs.

Jimmy Thick- More of my tax dollars out of my pocket...

Right, but my guess would be that the median income is closer to 54K than it is 31K. Additionally, Ike has mentioned in the past that his line of work requires significant training and skill, so I would negotiate up if I were him.

Keep in mind that "median household income" is not the same (or in my estimation anywhere near the same) as "median salary." Many households, especially those working in lower-end jobs, have more than one earner, and household income includes other forms of income besides earnings from work. I highly doubt that half the people in Madison who have jobs are earning over $54k from those jobs.