We want people who are serious about their
careers!
(but not every minute)
Our future Technical Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents will likely
be people who started out working in our NOC. We strongly believe in
"growing our own", rewarding excellent Employees and promoting from
within.
When I started in my career over 40 years ago, it
was not uncommon for an Employee to work for just one Employer for his or
her entire working career. In fact, if you had more than 3 or 4 jobs
listed on your resume over a 20 years span, very few companies would even
interview you because you were viewed as a "job hopper".
Not so anymore. Even if you don't get fired or laid off and even if the
company you are working for doesn't go out of business or substantially cut
your wages "temporarily", these days the only way to get a decent raise is
to quit and go to work for someone else.
Personally, I think this is idiotic and counterproductive. The success of
Vigilance Monitoring depends on it's dedicated and experienced staff. I believe the way to succeed is to foster a relationship of
loyalty, trust and respect with the members of the team. And paramount to
doing that is to make sure your employees don't have to worry whether they
will still have a job tomorrow.
We
have no problem letting someone go if they can't or won't do the job or
if there is gross misconduct. But at Easyrider LAN Pro, we are not going
to have any layoffs, early retirements, "temporary" pay cuts or any of the
rest of it. Of course I can't guarantee that we'll never go out of
business, especially in hard economic times. But to the very best of my
ability, I will do everything I possibly can to make the employment
experience at Easyrider LAN Pro fun, interesting, challenging, financially
rewarding and reliable. It is going to take a lot of hard work by a few
eager, dedicated and smart folks to keep the company at a successful
state. It is my intention to reward those efforts in tangible and long
term ways. You may never get wealthy here, but you won't get laid off
while you are learning a lot and hopefully having a good time while you're doing
it.
The
question is often asked, "Why isn't the entry level NOC Tech wage
higher?". The answer is quite simple, actually. New College
Graduates who applied themselves while in school usually have a good
understanding of how things are supposed to work.
However, these Institutions typically focus on theory, not practical
application. A good NOC Tech needs to think and act like a Systems
Administrator. Very few NCG Candidates we talk to come to us with
these skills. This is what we teach them to do and is a big part of
the value proposition in working here. This is also why we rarely
consider "experienced" NOC Techs for employment here.
Frankly, we don't want Techs who have accumulated years of bad habits
working elsewhere. As our Techs learn how to administer systems, their
compensation increases. In a year's time the typical Tech will be
exposed to many OS types and applications and will usually accumulate the
equivalent of several years of Systems Administration experience... and will
be compensated accordingly as their skills increase.
In
today's market, NOC Techs with 1-3 years experience watching icons turn from
green to red earn $12-$15 per hour,
typically. UNIX Systems Administrators with 4-5 years of experience
are being hired at $20-$25 per hour (if they can find a job at all).
Windows Admins start at substantially less. Obviously, as the economy
improves, so will wages. But that's the reality of employment here in
Portland at the moment. Stream, which hires a lot of tech school grads
to do modem configuration helpdesk work, pays $8.50 to start. And
Stream recently exported 400 of those jobs to Canada where the can employ
less expensive Techs. McDonalds pays $7.05 but the experience gained there isn't particularly
helpful for those on a computer engineering career track. It's also
very hard, physical work.
If
making a buck or two more an hour is your primary concern, there's plenty of
Employers looking for warm bodies that are paying more than us to
start. But if you want to apply your education in an environment
where you will be challenged to excel, this is where you probably want
to be.
Our entry level
NOC Tech starting wage is competitive in today's
employment reality. There are frequent increases in pay and
responsibility as the Tech starts thinking and acting more like a
Systems/Network Administrator. We are committed to retaining Techs we
have trained this way and will compensate them accordingly as their skills,
knowledge and experience increase.
Easyrider
LAN Pro has a strong promote from within advancement policy.
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