[Info-vax] [From VSI website] VSI Announces a Strategic Partnership with Sector 7

[Dave Froble]

On 1/28/2021 6:14 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-01-28 22:54:19 +0000, Jan-Erik Søderholm said:
>
>> But, it is very hard to get proper personell to work with the systems.
>
> Or rephrased, it's hard to get folks at the salary presently being
> offered, yes.

Oh, a can of worms has been opened ...

I guess my question is, if SAP consultants are pulling in $250-$200 / 
hr, and that was 20 years ago, who knows what they get today, then why 
am I worth so much less?

Very real problem, some VMS customers think they are still back in 1980. 
  Yet those same people will drink the SAP kool-aid, and not blink an 
eye at the astronomical rate.

So, the company can pay Oracle Rdb support rates, but nothing much for 
new employees?

>> *That* is THE major issue. Not anything technical.
>
> That's correct. It's not technical. It's financial.
>
> Pay more, and you'll find more folks interested.
>
> Or hire less experienced folks and train them.

This is a good idea, except, for the habits of some to be considering 
other offers 2 weeks after being hired.  Something to be said for 
contracts that demand certain performance after costly training.

> That's how capitalism and the free market works.
>
>> If I would leave the whole production support will fall apart after
>> while.
>
> Everybody can be replaced.

Even me ...

:-)

> I've done factory-floor and production OpenVMS work before.
>
> As have others.
>
> TL;DR: Need help? Can't find staff? Offer more. Or offer training. Or both.
>
>

/rant ....

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