On the other hand, the hard gains made by the past staff is now enjoyed by the current staff; recently the gift shop manager left, after being here for almost ten years; they gave her outgoing salary to the incoming manager; isn't that ironic? And I don't want to get into a gender discussion here, it just happened that way. We just need to continue asking for more pay for the work we do, it's that simple. Okay, enough said. O Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask] On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:18:48 PST [log in to unmask] writes: >I can verify that, at least in my position. I just began heading a >department and, from looking at past memos and paperwork from five >years >ago, am getting paid what the assistant was getting paid in the past. >Welcome to the "fiscally responsible" museum. The trend in museum >employment(maybe all jobs in general, I've never worked in the >for-profit >field) seems to be hiring the next person in line for the same job at >half >the salary with twice as much work. I love my job, but the low salary >does >make pursuing another line of work tempting. The low salary won't >convince >me to change careers, but it does make me less loyal to the >institution, and >directors and finance administrators need to realize that the quality >of >museums are affected by the constant slashing/burning of salaries. >People >are not willing to stay in positions for more than a few years if they >feel >exploited, and a "revolving door" workplace is not exactly productive. > > > >On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:12:45 -0800, Catherine Kenyon wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> I have recently re-entered the museum job search arena, as well as >re- >> enlisted to the museum-L, and I have been shocked at what seems to >be a >> decrease in wages from 5 years ago. Yes I do remember salaries >being low >> in comparison to work load and other professions, but they seem >$5-8K >less >> than I recall. >> >> I'm interested in hearing from any of you who have been >continuously, for >> the last 8-10 years, in hiring positions and can tell me if this is >an >> actual trend, or just sticker shock. >> >> Thank you, Catherine Kenyon > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]