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PayScale Advice - City: Las Vegas

Plan your negotiation - Database Administrator (DBA) - (City withheld for privacy), Nevada, United States.
Posted in Discussing Compensation on 18 Jan 2008.
I find the process of salary negotiation painful, but it helps if I've made a clear plan before going in. Know what amount you won't accept considering all additional costs (benefits, commute, etc). Put the name-your-price ball back in their court. They don't need to know what your making now. Your salary should be based on the value you can bring and that they see can be provided. Get them to tell what that price would be and then give you number higher from there

Unfairly Fired - Medical Receptionist - (City withheld for privacy), Nevada, United States.
Posted in I Was Fired on 5 Jan 2008.
I started this job in 2006 of June. Everything was ok... until November... when the evening before Thanksgiving at the close of business I was fired. They said I was not Company employee material. What did that mean? I always did my work. Never missed anytime, didnt call in sick... ever. So when I was fired I was mad. I spoke to the Dr and, ended up not being fired, but got a lower pay rate... confusing to me, but I accepted. Now 1 year later the same company just did this to me again!! I alwa... (read more)

Unions - Bus Driver, Transit and Intercity - (City withheld for privacy), Nevada, United States.
Posted in Negotiating Higher Pay on 14 Nov 2007.
If you are a bus driver and not in a Union, you are in a bad position. Most all privately owned transportation companies do not make a profit unless subsidised by the government. Therefore they attempt to maximize profit any way they can, as ANY business would. One way is to keep a bus driver and mechanic's pay at the minimum. If you do not have a Union to represent you via Collective Bargaining Agreement, (CBA), your pay may not be what it can be. I am in a union, (ATU Local 1637), and our... (read more)

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