Why are all techs seemingly paid the same even though their jobs are vastly different. Having generic tech pay grades makes no sense
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Most 57s at Intel are t-rds and would not last anywhere else
You do know you can't maximize a pay in a grade without getting promoted right? If 57 is the highest then you probably maximized your pay and were getting RSUs to make up for it. Try to know how grades work
Because there is no Manufacturing Technicians union that exists in Semiconductor.
Pay at Intel is not transparent. A lot of blue nosing happening. If you don't ask for more money, you will not get more money. Pay raises have always been substandard. Everyone thinks they deserve more money than you. People can share how much they make but choose not to in fear of retribution. Grade 57 is the highest Tech level.
57 grades run the factory @fb
@fb wtf is a grade 57 now ? Is that something non engineering?
I was a grade 57 for 10 years during that time I received 3 % raises until maxed out. That's when you should look for a new job
The pay here is purely on longevity. There has not been a decent market based adjustment in years. So top performers are underpaid relative to inflation even though it may appear to be higher than other employees
Generic tech pay grades are common in large corporations. These pay grades save the company money. Some employees will end up overpaid, while others are grossly underpaid. The company response will always be "apply to move up a pay grade". Often the money moving up is not worth the extra stress; id est, heads the company wins, tails you lose.
The pay scale depends on your job code. It’s not the same for everyone unless you are doing the same job or your manager fu---d up and didn’t code your job correctly when they did the big reassessment 2 years ago.
How to sum this up, you can be a super tech and keep tools up like nobody else, but you’ll never be paid as well as the worst Grade 7 in the whole company. 😂
It is all semiskilled labor.
The pay will be adjusted when most tech positions are transitioned to contract labor then eventually replaced with AI and Robotics.
Seriously, beat the crowd and go get retrained.
This is very similar to when computing and the internet-based network swept through all office work.
You see anyone typing memos nowadays?