FYI-
I had three offers in the past 5 months, $48K, $50K and $56K in veterinary,
research and biotech. My background is B.Sc., HTL and HT (ASCP) with 13
years of experience. I won't say what I currently make (sorry).
Ron

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Kelly Booher [mailto:kb2drkprk@yahoo.com]
		Sent:	Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:21 PM
		To:	David A. Reynolds; Keith, Cindy
		Cc:	'HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu'
		Subject:	RE: negotiate wages

		With 2 years experience, including on the job
		training, I'm making $15.95/hr.  I became certified as
		an HTL earlier this year, but only do routine
		histology in my current job.  As for cost of living,
		my husband and I pay $845 per month for a one bedroom
		apartment in downtown Seattle.

		Kelly Booher, BS, HTL (ASCP)
		Seattle, WA

		--- "David A. Reynolds"  wrote:
		> $21.72.
		> 
		> Yikes, here comes the FBI!
		> 
		> Dave Reynolds (oops, I mean Smith)HT
		> Seattle, WA
		> 
		> 
		> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Keith, Cindy wrote:
		> 
		> >  So why don't we do a survey here on the histonet?
		> > 
		> > -----Original Message-----
		> > From: Geoff McAuliffe
		> > To: Bruce Gapinski
		> > Cc: 'HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu'
		> > Sent: 6/19/02 5:04 PM
		> > Subject: Re: negotiate wages
		> > 
		> > Bruce Gapinski wrote: 
		> > 
		> > How do you negotiate your wages? Do you belong to
		> a union? If so is
		> > there 
		> > web access to the Histology wages? 
		> > This appears to be the only "legal" way for us to
		> negotiate with our 
		> > employer. If I were to call you, and ask you what
		> you make (as I'd done 
		> > before for years) I could be fired for collusion.
		> Don't bother, I've
		> > checked 
		> > it out. Called Washington  DC and talked to the
		> Anti-trust people, it's 
		> > legal.
		> > 
		> >     Rubbish!! Name the law, the exact statute
		> please, that is violated.
		> > What case law supports this opinion? I think you
		> talked to the wrong
		> > people in DC. 
		> >     What you are saying is that no one in the
		> country can ask anyone
		> > else in the same profession what they are paid and
		> use that information
		> > to negotiate a higher salary. Since such a law
		> could not be applied to
		> > one profession, it must apply to all. Or maybe
		> there is a specific law
		> > that targets HTs and HTLs? The "Parade" magazine
		> that comes with my
		> > Sunday paper has a salary survey of sorts each
		> year, "what people make".
		> > So if I read that and use that information to
		> negotiate  higher pay, the
		> > person quoted and the author and the editor and
		> the publisher and I are
		> > all guilty of collusion? 
		> >     Of course, your employer is constantly (24
		> hours/day) monitoring
		> > your conversations with others in the profession
		> to be sure that no
		> > "collusion" occurs. You meet a colleague from the
		> lab across town at a
		> > local workshop. She tells you she got a raise but
		> she can't tell you to
		> > what or how much because it is or might become
		> collusion?? 
		> >     Could we have some common sense here?
		> Collusion is often illegal but
		> > asking someone how much they make is NOT
		> collusion. 
		> > 
		> > Geoff 
		> > -- 
		> > ********************************************** 
		> > Geoff McAuliffe, Ph.D. 
		> > Neuroscience and Cell Biology 
		> > Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 
		> > 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 
		> > voice: (732)-235-4583; fax: -4029 
		> > mcauliff@umdnj.edu 
		> > ********************************************** 
		> >  
		> > 
		> > 
		> > 
		> 
		> 
		> 


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