Steve,

Just hire a temp from a technical service. They'll know what they're worth.
It takes a lot of guesswork out of the whole thing. Plus, if they don't work
out, you can remove yourself from the termination side of things and get
another one. If they do work out, you can hire them permanent after, say,
three months or so. Upper management will LOVE this idea as the liability
(as well as workman's comp, insurance, etc.) are handled by the service.
Cheers.

Jason Gregory

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goldman, Patricia J. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 7:49 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [TN] Wave Solder Operator Wages...
>
> Actually, Steve could/should talk with any of the trade journals.
> Sometimes
> they are looking for someone to write a monthly column...
>
> Patty
> Patricia J. Goldman
> PPG Industries, Inc.
> 412-492-5516
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Kittel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 8:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Wave Solder Operator Wages...
>
>
> Steve,
>
> My experience is you are just as well off by taking someone who is
> interested in machines and chemistry and training them yourself.  That way
> you are not as likely to get someone experimenting with the specific
> gravity
> or adding oil to the pot because 'that is what we did where I used to
> work'.
> Also, being a 'trainee' you can beat the wage game, and then move them up
> as
> they progress.
>
> Anyway, I enjoy reading your correspondence regardless of what you are
> discussing.  I think you should have a newspaper column instead of a web
> site.
>
> Jim Kittel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 8:23 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      [TN] Wave Solder Operator Wages...
> >
> > Hi Ya'll,
> >
> > Well, with my new job as was supposed to be a SMT Process Engineer, I
> got
> > tasked with taking over our wave solder operations (and being the
> > supervisor
> > to boot! Hey, whatcha' gonna do? With relocating and everything?) Nuff'
> > said...
> >
> > Anyhoo, I've been wave soldering everything myself the past couple of
> > weeks
> > and need to hire a competent operator so I can go on to bigger and
> better
> > things. Problem is, I'm not really familiar with the wage scales for
> wave
> > solder operators in Oklahoma.
> >
> > Myself, I think a good operator that can think on his feet is worth
> their
> > weight in gold, just as I think a good manual soldering operator is.
> > However,
> > my opinion I've learned, is not shared by those that control the "purse
> > strings" (if you will...nuff' said about that too, if you catch my
> > drift...)
> >
> > What I'm asking, is there a web page someplace that will give me some
> > ammunition to justify a certain hourly pay-scale for someone that I'm
> > looking
> > for? Something that I can go to management with and let them know that
> > they
> > can expect to hire someone for a certain figure and expect a competent
> > person. Just to let you know, they think they I can hire someone for
> > between
> > $6.50-7.50 an hour out here...I don't think so myself...that's if I can
> > find
> > someone that knows anything about wave soldering...hehehe
> >
> > I'm going to interview them to be sure, and I think I'll be able to
> > distinguish whether or not the person has the where-with-all to be a
> good
> > operator...I'll share everything I know about the process with this
> > person.
> >
> > I've always been an engineer, and not usually involved in the hiring of
> > operators... especially here in Oklahoma. I know pretty much what
> > production
> > positions get in "Silicon Valley" but not here in Oklahoma.
> >
> > Boy, this sucks...I just need a web page, something...anything
> >
> > -Steve Gregory-
> >
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