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Being from this region, I'm guessing it's the location, Fort Recovery. The nearest cities are Fort Wayne and Dayton, which are both small cities, and they're ab

by logn 13y ago

Being from this region, I'm guessing it's the location, Fort Recovery. The nearest cities are Fort Wayne and Dayton, which are both small cities, and they're about 1.25 hours away. Fort Recovery isn't near any interstate highway. The job ads probably show up for everyone in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Indianapolis, and once they GPS it, they probably realize how far it is (2.25 hours from those cities). The salary and benefits are competitive though ($65-70K/yr is what a mid-level software engineer makes), which is probably why a lot of people fire off an email.

w1ntermute 13y ago
In order to entice petroleum engineers to work above the Arctic circle or on an oil rig, energy companies compensate them accordingly. The wages offered in the story just aren't sufficient for this location.
- rdtsc 13y ago
  Good point. You are comparing rural Ohio to the Arctic circle, which, if you are from Ohio makes for a funny side note.
x0x0 13y ago
Not to mention the two body problem. Dude wants to hire an experienced supervisor; that sounds to me like someone 10+ years into his or her career. That person most likely has a spouse, and maybe kids. The plant is in the middle of nowhere, so there's poor job prospects for the spouse. And a teeny little town often doesn't have the best school districts either. The ad [1] also doesn't mention relocation support, so it's presumably up to the worker to self-finance a $10k or more move. And before anybody complains about the price, have you recently priced a move with a grownup life, including real furniture -- beds, couches, dressers, a lease to be broken or a house to be sold, job search expenses for the spouse, etc. http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?Job_DID=JB78B86N4XPB0ZX3PNY&siteid=cb001&showNewJDP=yes&ipath=EXINDsep_google_feed%2cEXGOO http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?...

by logn 13y ago

w1ntermute 13y ago

In order to entice petroleum engineers to work above the Arctic circle or on an oil rig, energy companies compensate them accordingly. The wages offered in the story just aren't sufficient for this location.

rdtsc 13y ago
Good point. You are comparing rural Ohio to the Arctic circle, which, if you are from Ohio makes for a funny side note.

x0x0 13y ago

Not to mention the two body problem. Dude wants to hire an experienced supervisor; that sounds to me like someone 10+ years into his or her career. That person most likely has a spouse, and maybe kids. The plant is in the middle of nowhere, so there's poor job prospects for the spouse. And a teeny little town often doesn't have the best school districts either. The ad [1] also doesn't mention relocation support, so it's presumably up to the worker to self-finance a $10k or more move. And before anybody complains about the price, have you recently priced a move with a grownup life, including real furniture -- beds, couches, dressers, a lease to be broken or a house to be sold, job search expenses for the spouse, etc. http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?Job_DID=JB78B86N4XPB0ZX3PNY&siteid=cb001&showNewJDP=yes&ipath=EXINDsep_google_feed%2cEXGOO http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?...