Reply to: Unskilled testers - hourly wages

[Underbase]

guerrilla-testing

[anonymouse]

Perhaps you need some of this

guerrilla-testing

[SussexSeagull]

I think testers are great, mainly because I can't think of anything I would rather not do, so I am glad their are people out there that I don't understand but are willing to do it day in and day out. Plus when the code goes wrong it helps to be able to say "well who tested it?". They are worth their money just for that.

Thanks. I think.

[Underbase]

Been testing in a variety of industry sectors and technologies for 16 years full time.

Not entirely sure calling an entire profession 'knobjockeys' is overly appropriate in a professional forum.

I think testers are great, mainly because I can't think of anything I would rather not do, so I am glad their are people out there that I don't understand but are willing to do it day in and day out. Plus when the code goes wrong it helps to be able to say "well who tested it?". They are worth their money just for that.

[SussexSeagull]

Are you a tester though? Or is it one of the roles you can do?

Been testing in a variety of industry sectors and technologies for 16 years full time.

Not entirely sure calling an entire profession 'knobjockeys' is overly appropriate in a professional forum.

[The Spartan]

WTF is an 'unskilled' tester? If you havent got the skills, you're not a tester. And anyone calling themselves a 'tester' is really just a knobjockey.

What's the matter BB don't you like testers?

[The Spartan]

I call myself a Tester. A very good one at that.

Are you a tester though? Or is it one of the roles you can do?

[SussexSeagull]

WTF is an 'unskilled' tester? If you havent got the skills, you're not a tester. And anyone calling themselves a 'tester' is really just a knobjockey.

I call myself a Tester. A very good one at that.

[LondonManc]

As little as they deserve. You'll get what you pay for; by the time you reach £10 an hour and they've probably stopped using velcro and moved on to shoelaces. At £12 an hour they can probably remember how to get home. At £14 an hour you can give them an hour for lunch without the need to retrain in the afternoon.

[BolshieBastard]

WTF is an 'unskilled' tester? If you havent got the skills, you're not a tester. And anyone calling themselves a 'tester' is really just a knobjockey.

[northernladuk]

Isnt that the new living wage for 2016?

Maybe not but you would think you've hit the big time if you were from Yorkshire.

[Snarf]

We used to pay on each verified defect raised, a few websites out there offer the service

I'd be broke inside a week...

[Snarf]

50p an hour and all the lard they can eat, I thank you.....

Isnt that the new living wage for 2016?

[WordIsBond]

Edit: being a dolt, if there's no MOO beyond the initial piece of work and no expectation of an employment relationship then she won't be an employee.

Which would be true even if the worker weren't a dolt.

[meridian]

Unskilled testers - hourly wages

Surely whether they are an employee or not depends on working conditions, not whether or not you give them a contract?

Edit: being a dolt, if there's no MOO beyond the initial piece of work and no expectation of an employment relationship then she won't be an employee.