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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: fast-track failures
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.160134.20228@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 16:01:34 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Dec27.160134.20228
- References: <18639@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Dec20.192544.2996@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.725152007@convex.convex.com>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- Lines: 27
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- In article <ewright.725152007@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1992Dec20.192544.2996@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >
- >>Today's overhead is horrible, but $100,000 1940s dollars is only about
- >>$2 million 1992 dollarettes.... That's about 20 engineers in a Motel 6
- >>for six months, no machine shops, hangers, mechanics, flight test equipment,
- >>nada.
- >
- >You think a typical engineer earns $100,000 a year?
- >
- >I want to work for your company!
-
- Ask your company's accounting department what they figure it costs to
- keep a productive engineer on the payroll. $100,000 a year is on the
- low side. Most companies figure it's closer to $250,000. That engineer
- not only has salary, insurance, workmen's comp, and paperwork costs, he
- also has to have office space and the tools of his trade, usually at least
- a workstation. Plus there are the supporting secretaries, managers, janitors,
- and of course the accounting department. Engineers aren't cheap to keep
- around, even if their take home pay is low.
-
- Gary
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