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The Psychology of Salaries: Do You Want to Know How Much Your Coworkers Make?

Posted March 30, 2009 - 14:34 by WC Porter

Personal Finance, Career and Income

It's easy to get sucked into the whole drama of wondering what everyone you work with makes and how you stack up with them. But there's a delicate balance between making sure you're getting paid what you deserve and only worrying about what you can control.

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How much money should a CEO make?

Posted August 8, 2008 - 09:47 by Andrea Dickson

Career and Income, Small Business Resource Center

According to the Institute for Policy Studies, in 1980, American CEOs earned over 40 times more per year than the average American worker. Today, the average American CEO from a Fortune 500 company makes 364 more than that same worker, and 70 times more money than a four-star Army general. Is that fair?

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8 Good Reasons to Become a Contractor

Posted May 22, 2007 - 10:11 by Andrea Dickson

Career Building

There was a time, not that long ago, in which Americans would graduate from college, get a job, and stick with that job until retirement. For those of us who can risk a little more, though, well, why shouldn't we leave crappy jobs behind? I used to be wary of being a paid-by-the-hour worker, I'm coming to appreciate the charms of time cards.

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10 important signs that your job sucks

Posted May 1, 2007 - 17:18 by Troy Hadley

Career and Income

my job sucks

As someone who has had to make the decision to leave more than one lousy job, here's my 10 signs for knowing when to leave. I don't take the decision to quit lightly, and I don't think anyone should. See if the problems can be fixed first.

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Is This Job Worth It?

Posted 2 years ago by Troy Hadley

Filed Under: Career Building

This post technically isn't about me. It's about a friend, a lousy job situation, and soliciting feedback from our readers for a friend of mine.

Tiffany is an engineer who works for a small start-up. She makes a very good salary, has benefits, and doesn't have a particularly heavy workload at the moment (her company is building a product, so the work comes in fits and starts, so she's been chilling for a couple of months while the hardware is being built). Anyway, Tiff is kind of bored right now, but otherwise OK. She's the only female in her office, and works with about 12 men who are much older than she is (she's 27, they're all about 45-57).

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