RE: [PHP] Pay (Am I getting screwed)

Hi Liam I'll start by saying that I'm in Australia and an employer (running a small business). > I'm employed by a small business setting up unix servers and > scripting a webhosting system for them. I'm only 17 years old, but I've > finished year 11 and I have my MCSE (Not that it means a lot) On what basis were you employed? Full-time? Part-time? Casual? Traineeship? What were your duties listed as being when you took on the job? What experience do you have? Just because you are tasked with doing something does not mean that you have the requisite skills to do it well. > I'm getting paid $150 Australian per week, working from 9-5 > on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. I tend to think that is a little low. You are almost certainly covered by an award of one sort or another and you could probably get some information starting a search at http://www.wagenet.gov.au/. If I recall, the adult minimum wage is around $550 per week (gross). A junior between 17 to 18 is entitled to 70% of the adult wage which would make it around $385 per week (gross). You're working three days per week instead of five so that would make it around $231 per week. Take out tax, and I don't have PAYG tax tables handy, and you'd probably drop between $30 and $50 or so which would take you down to around $170 to $190 per week. Now, this is based on adult minimum wage so it's not necessarily an appropriate base rate for these calculations. It also does not take into account the basis under which you are employed - for example, if you're employed on a casual basis then your rate should be higher to take into account leave entitlements and so on. Using this as a starting point you then need to take into account the whole situation. Is this a job that will lead to better things? Are you able to build a portfolio based on this job? Is it a growing business where you stand to earn far more in the future by being in at the "ground floor"? In the end, this is based on legal obligations. It doesn't take into account many other factors for which we have no information. Feel free to email me privately if you want more information or want to discuss this stuff. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Outback Queensland Internet P: 07 4658 3937 Longreach F: 07 4658 1612 Queensland M: 0428 583 937 Australia W: www.outbackqld.net.au