Frankie":2riagv7x said:
skyline":2riagv7x said:
Interesting thread. We have about 6 openings for engineering graduates in our company that we have been trying to fill for over a year. Hired only 2 this year. We attend career fairs at about 8 major colleges and we offer very competitive starting salaries and give them their choice of 6 office locations in Texas. You cannot tell me that there is not an "engineer gap". When you cannot hire graduate engineers for $55k per year and a signing bonus, there are more job openings than engineers to fill them.
$55,000 a year is peanuts today. My niece's new husband went to work for an oil related business at Fort Worth right out of A&M with a degreen in Business for $65K + he got to pick out a new 3/4 ton truck! They pay expenses on the truck. You guys might want to reevaluate your pay scale.
Frankie, you're right. But, there is vast differences between salaries in Northeast Texas and Fort Worth. It has been like that for over 30 years. Two nephews moved out of Longview and moved over here to double their salaries.
I know engineers starting in Fort Worth at over $80K, with a huge signing bonus if they stay a year. Top grads can expect more.
AREVA (in SW Fort Worth) is probably going to be hiring many with all the nukes they are going to be putting in. B & P has been taking engineers from several industries lately. Shaw is looking too. I know one engineer with 25 years experience who has changed companies twice in the last year, each time taking a huge salary increase.