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Volume VII Number 3 (July 20, 2005)
Compensation and Benefits News
Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc.

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1. SALARY SURVEY SUMMARY -
Pay Rates in Manufacturing
http://www.abbott-langer.com/mfgsumm.html?n73
2. PARTICIPATION REQUEST
Construction/Design/Development Firms Salaries
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73
3. SALARY SURVEY SUMMARY -
Pay in Power Generation Reported
http://www.abbott-langer.com/powsumm.html?n73
4. PARTICIPATION REQUEST
Legal Department
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73
5. FUN AT WORK
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Terminations
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alafun.html?n73
6. PARTICIPATION REQUEST
Accounting/Financial Field
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73
7. HR TIPS
Revving Up Suggestion Rewards
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alatips.html?n73
8. SURVEY SUMMARY UPDATE -
Compensation in Consulting Engineering and Land Surveying Firms, 11th Edition - 2005
http://www.abbott-langer.com/ceussumm.html?n73
9. FINALE - procedure to change e-mail address, etc.

Next, information on the new salary survey reports covering Life Science, and Mechanical Engineering
will be available here.

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1. SALARY SURVEY SUMMARY -

Pay Rates in Manufacturing

For more information, see:

http://www.abbott-langer.com/mfgsumm.html?n73

Some of the median national incomes of jobs reported in
"Compensation in Manufacturing, 25th Edition - 2005" are:

Chief Legal Officers ... $202,663
Vice Presidents of Manufacturing/Production ... $144,000
Chief Marketing & Sales Executives ... $140,488
Chief Corporate Financial Officers ... $125,955
. MORE AT http://www.abbott-langer.com/mfgsumm.html?n73
Receptionists ... $24,960
Warehouse Laborers ... $24,180
Drill Press Operators, Single ... $24,042
Janitors ... $23,136

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or by phone at 708/672-4200 (9-4:30 Central Time M-F)

You can also review a free demonstration of the findpay software program for your Windows computer with all the data from this survey (see the following web page for limitations on the demonstration version):

http://www.abbott-langer.com/download/?n73

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2. PARTICIPATION REQUEST

Construction/Design/Development Firms Salaries

Information on actual salaries and bonuses in the Construction/Design/Development field is needed urgently on a current, in-depth basis. Abbott, Langer & Associates in now conducting its first compensation survey in this field.

Please, help by supplying information about your Construction/Design/Development firm.

If your organization participates in this survey, it will automatically receive an executive summary of this survey's results at no charge, and be eligible for a 50% discount if they want to buy the complete survey report.

If your firm would like to participate in this survey, please visit the following, and provide the contact
information requested:

http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73

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3. SALARY SURVEY SUMMARY -

Pay in Power Generation Reported

For more information, see:

http://www.abbott-langer.com/powsumm.html?n73

Some of the median national incomes of jobs reported in "Compensation in Power Generation, Second Edition - 2005" are:

Chief Marketing & Sales Executives ... $125,000
Engineering Managers ... $109,263
Consulting Firm Project Managers ... $105,000
. MORE AT http://www.abbott-langer.com/powsumm.html?n73
Senior Engineers ... $90,000
Senior Consultants ... $90,000
Sales Representatives ... $71,000

This report can be ordered at:

https://33.securedata.net/abbott-langer/engrbuy.html?n73

or by phone at 708/672-4200 (9-4:30 Central Time M-F)

You can also review a free demonstration of the findpay software program for your Windows computer with all the data from this survey (see the following web page for limitations on the demonstration version):

http://www.abbott-langer.com/download/?n73

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4. PARTICIPATION REQUEST

Legal Department

Information on actual salaries and bonuses in the Legal department is needed urgently on a current,
in-depth basis. Abbott, Langer & Associates in now conducting its 27th annual compensation survey in this field.

Please, help by supplying information about your Legal department.

If your organization participates in this survey, it will automatically receive an executive summary of this survey's results at no charge, and be eligible for a 50% discount if they want to buy the complete survey report.

If your firm would like to participate in this survey, please visit the following, and provide the contact
information requested:

http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73

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5. FUN AT WORK

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Terminations

Every month, we get a Human Resources report on terminations. When they are asked to put a reason why they were terminated, the reasons vary from resigned, got a better job, getting married, moving, sexual misconduct, etc. What I've found is that there isn't a standard list. So, I decided to come up with one based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

In order to standardize our Human Resources forms, we now use just seven reasons for termination:

• Happy: Had trouble putting nose to the grindstone. Too much time spent telling jokes at the water cooler.
• Doc: Left to pursue further schooling, in particular, Ph.D. work.
• Sleepy: Chronically late for work. Caused many project delays.
• Grumpy: Poor attitude toward work. Not a team player. Trouble with early mornings.
• Dopey: Made several critical errors at work, costing the company money, e.g., misappropriated company funds.
• Sneezy: Recurrent, chronic illness has made it difficult for the employee to complete work in a timely fashion.
• Bashful: Lack of initiative. Not willing to make cold calls.  Too often let workplace disagreements simmer.
• Jealous Queen: Heavy involvement in the occult not congruent with organizational policies.
• Snow White: Sexual misconduct, e.g., kissing strange men while under some kind of trance.
• Huntsman: Couldn't stand to be cooped up in the office all day.  Pursuing work with the National Forest Service.

More at
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alafun.html?n73

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6. PARTICIPATION REQUEST

Accounting/Financial Field Salaries

Information on actual salaries and bonuses in
the Accounting/Financial field is needed urgently on a current,
in-depth basis. Abbott, Langer & Associates in now conducting its
21st annual compensation survey in this field.

Please, help by supplying information about your
Accounting department.

If your organization participates in this survey, it
will automatically receive an executive summary of this survey's
results at no charge, and be eligible for a 50% discount if they
want to buy the complete survey report.

If your firm would like to participate in this survey,
please visit the following, and provide the contact
information requested:

http://www.abbott-langer.com/alapart.html?n73

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7. HR TIPS

Revving Up Suggestion Rewards

The difficulty of measuring reward amounts and making fair assessments of merit are two problems that keep employees from submitting suggestions. Reward systems can also lead to poor management and even fraud when supervisors try to steal rewards or cover up inadequacies.

Effective reward systems have three points in common:

• Rewards are based on higher-level aggregate measures that reflect the broad impact of everyone's ideas.
• Benefits are distributed to all participating employees equitable, based on publicly-stated rules.
• The suggestion system and reward program are integrated into the way the company is run.

Security Management, ASIS International, 1625 Prince St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

More at
http://www.abbott-langer.com/alatips.html?n73

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8. SURVEY SUMMARY UPDATE -

Compensation in Consulting Engineering and Land Surveying Firms, 11th Edition - 2005
http://www.abbott-langer.com/ceussumm.html?n73

Added to the on-line summary of this report are descriptions of factors affecting salaries.

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https://33.securedata.net/abbott-langer/engrbuy.html?n73

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9. FINALE

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