Attention Management: Your Tech Staff Isn't Happy.FRAMINGHAM Framingham (frā`mĭnghăm'), town (1990 pop. 64,994), Middlesex co., E Mass., on the Sudbury River between Worcester and Boston; settled 1650, inc. 1700. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- -- 60 Percent of IT Workers Nationwide Say They are Overworked and Underpaid un·der·paid v. Past tense and past participle of underpay. underpaid Adjective not paid as much as the job deserves underpaid adj → , According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Computerworld's 1999 Salary Satisfaction Survey -- America's information technology (IT) workforce -charged with keeping our nation's computer systems up and running - feels it is overworked and underpaid, according to the 1999 Salary Satisfaction Survey, which was released today by Computerworld, Inc., an information services See Information Systems. company for the IT Leader community. Among the most striking statistics in the survey: 60 percent of the 674 IT respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. polled report dissatisfaction with their current salaries. Levels of unhappiness also vary according to job type: only 14 percent of IT professionals working in research and development say their pay is inadequate; while 88 percent of techies in customer support claim they are paid too little. For the first time, Computerworld conducted this salary satisfaction survey online at its website, www.computerworld.com, where readers were invited to take the survey during the two weeks of September September: see month. 13 and September 20. The questions covered job satisfaction with salary, bonuses and other benefits. "Corporate America relies on its IT Leaders and technology professionals to steer steer castrated male cattle beast over a year of age. See also bullock, buller steer. steer bulling see bulling. steer Medtalk verb their organizations through today's transformation to an Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. ," said Maryfran Johnson Maryfran Johnson, nicknamed "Fran," is currently VP & Editorial Director, CIO Decisions Media Group, TechTarget. Prior to joining TechTarget, she served as Editor in Chief of Computerworld, where she held a variety of reporting, editing and managerial positions for 15 years. , editor-in-chief of Computerworld. "The results of this survey should be a wake-up call for managers nationwide. IT professionals feel that they are being treated unfairly, and companies should take a closer look at how they are treating their IT talent." The poll also reported that in addition to higher salaries, there are other factors that can keep tech employees happy. "Most IT pros rated their companies' training reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. programs highly," said David Weldon, Computerworld careers editor. "Some even said training, or the opportunity to work with leading-edge technology, is why their stay with their current employers, despite lower-than-average pay." Following are select results from Computerworld's 1999 Salary Satisfaction Survey. The entire report can be viewed online at www.computerworld.com. -0-
IT PROFESSIONALS
Job Title Satisfied with Pay Dissatisfied with Pay
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CIO/VP of IT 36% 57%
Director of IT operations 32% 64%
Director of technical services 40% 20%
Computer operations manager 18% 71%
Manager of client/server computing 32% 64%
Director of network services 29% 29%
Manager of network support 40% 47%
Network administrator/analyst 15% 77%
Database analyst 7% 73%
Systems analyst 28% 56%
Systems programmer/Unix admin 29% 64%
Programmer/developer 29% 54%
Programmer/analyst 35% 43%
Computer operator 0% 71%
Manager of tech support 31% 58%
Technical specialist 26% 61%
Help desk operator 14% 71%
IT CONSULTANTS
Job Title Satisfied with Pay Dissatisfied with Pay
Senior partner 33% 33%
Junior partner 0% 33%
Management consultant 46% 46%
Senior consultant 52% 44%
Entry-level consultant 30% 40%
IT PROFESSIONALS AT TECHNOLOGY VENDOR COMPANIES
Job Title Satisfied with Pay Dissatisfied with Pay
VP or director of R&D 50% 50%
Manager of R&D 57% 14%
Director of sales/support 25% 25%
Director of customer support 50% 17%
Customer support professional 12% 88%
Tester/quality assurance
professional 50% 50%
Junior-/intermediate-level developer 30% 70%
Software architect 22% 44%
Software engineer/developer 19% 59%
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