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Bar Chart
What career issues are most important to you?
(Select three)
Engineers:
* 56 to 65 ............................................ 14.3%
* 66+ ...................................................42.9%

CHART 3:

What career issues are most important to engineers?
Salary

» What career issues are most
important to you?
(Select three)

ENGINEERS: See Chart 3

63.5%

Work/life balance

62.3%

Job market/security

MANAGERS:
* Work/life balance ............................. 61.7%
* Salary................................................ 51.7%
* Professional ethics ...........................48.3%
* Job market/security .........................45.0%
* Technical obsolescence ...................26.7%
* Pension.............................................25.0%
* Outsourcing...................................... 11.7%
EXECUTIVES:
* Professional ethics ...........................50.0%
* Education (retraining) .......................44.4%
* Salary................................................44.4%
* Technical obsolescence ...................38.9%
* Work/life balance .............................38.9%
* Job market/security .........................33.3%
* Pension.............................................33.3%
* Outsourcing...................................... 16.7%
OTHER/RETIRED/SCIENTIFIC/ACADEMIA:
* Work/life balance ............................. 71.4%
* Education (retraining) .......................64.3%
* Job market/security .........................50.0%
* Technical obsolescence ...................42.9%
* Salary................................................35.7%
* Pension............................................. 21.4%

51.5%

Education (retraining)

36.5%

Technical obsolescence

29.9%

Professional ethics

25.1%

Pension

20.4%

Outsourcing

10.8%

Average salary
$112,650

Engineers

$135,800

Managers

$173,222

Executives

Bar Chart
Other/Retired/
$103,464
What is your annual base salary?
Scienctific/Acadmeia
(excluding bonuses and other incentive payments)
Engineers:

Please share any comments with us regarding your thoughts on your salary or compensation

2.4%
B.A.

ENGINEERS:
As much knowledge as I have
to keep up-to-date, and continue
training, I would expect more
compensation. I get companies
and recruiters contacting me
continually, but the compensation
they offer is low in my opinion.
Companies want many skills, but
they don't want to pay
significantly more for those skills.
I am planning a career change to
less demanding work."
Haven't made it back to my
starting salary in 2007 at a
previous employer (layoff after 7
years). The benefits here exist (on
paper) but absolutely don't qualify
as benefits in my eyes. I use my
wife's benefits. When she retires,
I will need to find another job
immediately."
After creating new positions
to boost management salaries,
the remaining scraps are
distributed amongst the
employees. Same MO every
year."

I keep hearing the aerospace
industry complain there is not
Less
than
$34,999
enough talent, and
then
they
show hundreds of engineers the
$35,000 to $44,999
door, especially experienced
engineers. What$45,000
these executives
to $54,999
really mean is they want 'cheap'
$55,000
to over
$64,999
talent. An engineer
that is
50
is not considered
an
asset
to
the
$65,000 to $74,999
organization. Age discrimination is
$75,000 to $89,999
still alive and well."
$99,000
$104,999
Even though
we aretostarting
to lose engineers to other area
$105,000 to $119,999
companies for higher salaries, our
company does
not worktoto$139,999
match
$120,000
or exceed the offers they are
$140,000
to $159,999
getting to keep
the people
here,
when, most of
the
time
$160,000 tothey
$179,999
should, due to tribal knowledge
$200,000 to $224,999
that they have."
to $250,000
I think the$225,000
salary I make
is
reasonable for More
my years
thanof$250,000
experience and level of education.
Would like to see a bonus every
now and then if cost savings for
the customer have been provided,
but understandable that it may
not happen if on a firm fixed
contract."

Our company keeps saying
that our financials are the best-ever
for the last 6.0%
2 years, but our
bonuses keep going down each
1.2%
year and we don't get raises!"

3.6%

MANAGERS:
I'm earning less now then I
was 8 years ago when I started
with this company and receiving
half the benefits. I attribute this
to: being female, the recession,
deteriorating work ethics, an
employer who doesn't know the
meaning of equal treatment or
fairness, and lack of available
skilled employees."

Company needs to be more
consistent 6.0%
in their hiring
compensations and promotions.
4.2%
Some groups in the company
hand out promotions9.0%
(and thus
higher increments) like candy, but
11.4%
I am in the age bracket where
other teams are so stingy in
salary increases are not common.
advancing people that many get
12.6%
Our younger engineers are being
frustrated and leave."
rewarded for their contributions
22.8%
I feel that, in general,
and are being provided with more
14.4%
engineers are underchallenging opportunities and
compensated with regard to their
more responsibility. For a small
4.2%
importance to the growth of the
company, I believe we are being
company
1.2% and its source of profits. treated fairly and compensated
I see way too many managers
reasonably well."
that1.2%
do not have a real clue as to
As I am nearing retirement, I
how
products work and should be
1.2%
do not expect to see any
designed, or have regard for what
compensation action. Our
I consider the integrity of the
younger employees are rewarded
business. The goals are 'get it to
for their contributions, and
the market, even if it's not fully
to-date, our attrition rate is low."
baked. Make the month, make
the quarter, make the year.' It
should be to make the customer
happy, as that is the way to future
growth."

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