Companies have cut salaries and training, held back on bonuses and piled more work on employees in response to the economic downturn. These tactics may well be pushing many IT professionals to go job hunting, according to a recent Computerworld salary survey.
By Patrick Thibodeau
Mon, November 08, 2010
Computerworld — Companies have cut salaries and training, held back on bonuses and piled more work on employees in response to the economic downturn. These tactics may well be pushing many IT professionals to go job hunting, according to a recent Computerworld salary survey.
IT Career Guide: Advice for IT Professionals
More than one-third (36%) of the 343 respondents to our recent poll said that they're looking to move to a new employer in the next six months. And 69% reported that they hadn't received a pay raise in the previous six months. The survey was conducted during the last two weeks in September.
For employers, the warning couldn't be more clear: As the economy improves, the most able IT workers might leave for something better.
Further results from the survey explain why employees want to bolt.
For example, only 54% of the respondents said their salary is higher today than it was in 2008, while 26% said there had been no change and one out of five said they were making less money than they were two years ago (see charts at right).
John Moore, a director of enterprise software development at a manufacturing firm, believes that IT budgets will free up early next year if the U.S. economy manages to avoid a double-dip recession, and then companies will begin catching up on neglected projects and hire new workers.
For companies that don't want to lose their technology staffers, Moore's advice is to ensure that IT employees are recognized as valued contributors.
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