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 1997 IS/Network Manager Salary Survey Slackers You're Not La zy GenXers or whiners need not apply as IS managers because long hours are the rule. The majority (60.6 percent) of network/IS managers said they are consistently overworked; 35.5 percent said they have the right amount of work. A scant 3.9 percent said that they don't have enough work to keep them busy. But overwork doesn't necessarily correlate to dissatisfaction: Of the 35.5 percent who said that they are consistently overworked, 16.5 percent report being not at all or not very satisfied, which is only one point higher than the average for satisfaction. Network/IS managers' rating of their workload did not change from last year's survey, in which 60 percent said they were consistently overworked. How many nights in a row eating Chinese delivery in the server room are too many? On average, a network/IS man ager puts in 50.7 hours a week. Of those surveyed, 25.8 percent clock out after 40 hours to 44 hours per week, 26.8 percent toil for 45 hours to 49 hours a week, and 19.4 percent work an average of 50 hours to 54 hours a week. Just over 1 percent reported averaging 75 hours or more a week (and they all report being moderately or very satisfied with their jobs-perhaps that's because their average salary is $95,000). It's a small but comforting fact that that working more hours correlates to higher salaries (see Figure 8). When you're working in the wee hours to finish the WAN design, you can figure your boss is working on the weekend too. The mean salary for people working 60 to 64 hours a week is $63,330. The mean salary rises to $77,860 for those working an average of 65 hours to 69 hours.
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Stress levels remain consistent with the responses from last year's survey, and nearly all respondents reported that their j
obs are stressful. Almost half say their job stress was on the rise. In the survey, 20.7 percent report their jobs are very stressful and 69.3 percent report moderate stress. Only 10 percent say their jobs are not very or not at all stre
ssful. Although the longer hours worked correlates to a higher salary level, the study did not show any direct correlation between the level of stress and their salary levels. It may be lonely at the top, but network/IS managers don't perceive it as any more stressful. It's just more demanding of time.
