Life after a temp.
Camargoville
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Being a temp sucks. 
Everyone knows it, the people hiring you know it, the dog running around in the park knows it. It's a well know thing.
It's about time for me to maybe get hired on full time. I currently make about $12.50, which I know the temp agency is making WAY more than that off of where I'm located. I don't expect to make what they are being paid for obvious reasons.
What should I shoot for? I'm a Helpdesk\Lotus Notes Admin\IT Administrator and Software manager assistant. Not only do I take care of smaller projects, I help with the larger ones too. I want to shoot for something around $17-$20 and hour. If they offer me salary would be decent salary? I've honestly never made salary.
I've actually made more money at my last job and it was nothing but labor work lift this put it there band it up yadda yadda, day in and day out. I will say I was a full-time employee though.
With a baby on the way and a way to support my family I gotta make more than 12.50 an hour I'm barely making it as it is to pay the rent along with a car payment.
Whats your thoughts on Temp agencies or stories. I wanna hear some stories about how some might have ripped you off.
Anyways I hope they do decide to bring me on full-time but like I said I'm not going to work for chump change after I've put in my time studying and got degrees along with certifications.
Everyone knows it, the people hiring you know it, the dog running around in the park knows it. It's a well know thing.
It's about time for me to maybe get hired on full time. I currently make about $12.50, which I know the temp agency is making WAY more than that off of where I'm located. I don't expect to make what they are being paid for obvious reasons.
What should I shoot for? I'm a Helpdesk\Lotus Notes Admin\IT Administrator and Software manager assistant. Not only do I take care of smaller projects, I help with the larger ones too. I want to shoot for something around $17-$20 and hour. If they offer me salary would be decent salary? I've honestly never made salary.
I've actually made more money at my last job and it was nothing but labor work lift this put it there band it up yadda yadda, day in and day out. I will say I was a full-time employee though.
With a baby on the way and a way to support my family I gotta make more than 12.50 an hour I'm barely making it as it is to pay the rent along with a car payment.
Whats your thoughts on Temp agencies or stories. I wanna hear some stories about how some might have ripped you off.
Anyways I hope they do decide to bring me on full-time but like I said I'm not going to work for chump change after I've put in my time studying and got degrees along with certifications.
Dual Associate of Applied Science in Computer Engineering Technology and Electronic Engineering Technology.
Spencerian College '09
Fedora, Ubuntu User
Windows 7
Spencerian College '09
Fedora, Ubuntu User
Windows 7
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swild
Member Posts: 828
If you have enough experience and aren't on a contract that you can't leave, then I say you gotta at least try to find a perm position, even if you have to jump ship. If you can find an offer somewhere else, but happen to love the company/people you are currently with, ask them if they can match/beat the offer. Tell them that you have to think about your family, they will understand. If they don't understand, then you probably won't be getting a full time perm offer any time soon, and you will be better off.
Benefits are just something you gotta have with a family. A self pay hospital birth can easily cost $20k and even more if there are complications. Then the first year after birth is easily another $10k to $20k. $12.50 an hour just ain't gonna cut it. -
Camargoville
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If you have enough experience and aren't on a contract that you can't leave, then I say you gotta at least try to find a perm position, even if you have to jump ship. If you can find an offer somewhere else, but happen to love the company/people you are currently with, ask them if they can match/beat the offer. Tell them that you have to think about your family, they will understand. If they don't understand, then you probably won't be getting a full time perm offer any time soon, and you will be better off.
Benefits are just something you gotta have with a family. A self pay hospital birth can easily cost $20k and even more if there are complications. Then the first year after birth is easily another $10k to $20k. $12.50 an hour just ain't gonna cut it.
I forgot to add my "Contract" end in a few weeks, I'm assuming I'll get an interview with the hiring manager or treasurer, I was kind of wanting to know what I could try to negotiate salary or hourly rate.Dual Associate of Applied Science in Computer Engineering Technology and Electronic Engineering Technology.
Spencerian College '09
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swild
Member Posts: 828
Unless there are some kick-ass bonuses for salaried employees, I would always shoot for hourly, but it is usually decided by the job title for most organizations. If you are getting $12.50 as a temp, I would ask for $20 or $22 an hour and accept $18, bit they may only be willing to go to $15. They are probably paying the temp agency about $22 an hour, maybe $25, but they don't have to pay for benefits. Benefits cost the employer a lot.
It also depends on the health ins. I had one employer that paid zero for health ins, but offered it to the employees. It cost me about $350 a month and one of my coworkers was paying almost $700 a month. My last employer was fairly generous, I was only paying $70 a month to insure my wife and myself. Because of that, I was willing to accept far less hourly, considering that I was saving $3300 a year on just health insurance (that works out to $1.60 an hour or almost 10% of my pay at that time) -
Camargoville
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Unless there are some kick-ass bonuses for salaried employees, I would always shoot for hourly, but it is usually decided by the job title for most organizations. If you are getting $12.50 as a temp, I would ask for $20 or $22 an hour and accept $18, bit they may only be willing to go to $15. They are probably paying the temp agency about $22 an hour, maybe $25, but they don't have to pay for benefits. Benefits cost the employer a lot.
It also depends on the health ins. I had one employer that paid zero for health ins, but offered it to the employees. It cost me about $350 a month and one of my coworkers was paying almost $700 a month. My last employer was fairly generous, I was only paying $70 a month to insure my wife and myself. Because of that, I was willing to accept far less hourly, considering that I was saving $3300 a year on just health insurance (that works out to $1.60 an hour or almost 10% of my pay at that time)
I'm pretty sure all office employee here are salary. Which scares me a bit because I've never been salary lol I've been looking up salary ranges for desktop support around here about 40k I believe is average this is not 100% though.Dual Associate of Applied Science in Computer Engineering Technology and Electronic Engineering Technology.
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NotHackingYou
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Not much to add, just wanted to say good luck with the upcoming baby and (hopeful) job switch.
Don't be afraid to ask for what you think you are worth, but be prepared to back it up with facts that make it clear why it's a good investment for the company to keep you around at that pay rate.
Most places understand if you jump ship for more pay because you are trying to take care of your family. They may even counter to try to keep you. You will need to decide from there what's important to you.When you go the extra mile, there's no traffic. -
okplaya
Member Posts: 199
Being a temp doesn't suck for everyone. I'm a temp, and while it would be cool to have a 401k match, I'm okay with my current situation. It sounds like you are unhappy with your pay, and rightfully so. Making $12.50/hr is tough.
I work for a tech temp agency and like every temp agency they get a cut and I get a cut. I work as a network engineer so I was able to get a reasonable rate. I really don't have many complaints. When this contract is over I will not depend on them to find me anything. I usually start looking about 4 months before the contract is up. -
TC1
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Being a temp doesn't suck for everyone.
I started as a temporary contractor and busted my butt. I didn't look at it as a crappy temp job, I saw it as my chance to impress the regular employees. A temp job can be your foot in the door if you play your cards right.