atw: Re: Techwriter Wages

Thanks Christine,

I was sitting here in Melbourne thinking that's a lot of nonsense about 
Brisbane (or Adelaide or Canberra or wherever) being "so much cheaper" than 
Sydney or Melbourne.  My understanding is that about the only thing cheaper in 
Qld is petrol; I believe that's got something to do with the state govt excise 
or lack of. 
Houses, bread, milk, restaurants, rents, you name it: its all pretty much the 
same I would have thought.

Pete



-----Original message-----
From: "Christine Birtley-Kent" c.bkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:17:27 +1000
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Techwriter Wages

> A few corrections here.  Brisbane is as expensive or more expensive to live
> that other major capitals.  Compare rents and house prices on domain.com to
> get a comparison.  Melbourne prices are lower.
> 
> And from my experience, contractor rates are entirely comparable.  But it is
> the same here as everywhere - there are some cheapskates who try to get away
> with paying less, and sometimes succeed.  However, those jobs are often
> advertised for months to get takers.  I have noticed that recruiters only
> post the rates that they know are too low - so they don't waste their time
> with applicants who won't work for those rates.  They don't seem to post
> good rates.
> 
> I would suggest that there would be pretty much parity in rates - or should
> be.
> 
> Christine
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Granat" <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:47 PM
> Subject: atw: Re: Techwriter Wages
> 
> 
> > Dunno about Brisbane personally, Naomi (K).
> >
> > But you might care to check out the STC Aussie Chapter national salary
> > surveys at <http://www.stc-aus.org.au/surveys.htm> for some guidance.
> >
> > Cost of living / housing can be much lower there so salaries are usually
> > significantly less than in Sydney and Melbourne.
> >
> > Ah Queensland: beautiful one day ... underpaid the next ;-)
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michael Granat
> > Write Ideas
> > www.writeideas.com.au
> >
> > At 15:30 18/04/2006, you wrote:
> > >Hi guys n gals,
> > >
> > >Long time, eh? Freelists keeps booting me... or something. I've
> > >re-subscribed to this list at least ten times, and the last time I
> > >was booted I didn't notice for months... whoops. Blame my stress
> > >levels, not the forgetability of y'all.
> > >
> > >Anyway, a question... any idea where someone would be doing their
> > >research if they came up with a figure of 50-52K/year as an average
> > >salary for a tech writer in Brissie with more than 4 years
> > >experience? Our HR person claimed to be flabbergasted at the salary
> > >offers I've seen floating around in the last few months...
> > >
> > >- Naomi
> >
> >
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