<p>How’re they going to get more money to pay their engineers when their clients will just go to the lowest bidder, Sakky? So long as a significant number of engineers are willing to accept the pay being offered, it’s going to be a tough trend to reverse.</p>
<p>My current company, on the other hand, is doing what I think might need to happen… They’re increasing pay, they’re offering a completely unprecedented amount of in-house training to their employees, the company is privately owned by employees who’ve been there for at least ten years… And they’re being recognized for these things, too. This is the company that’s won “Best Structural Engineering Firm to Work For” three years running. Hopefully, others will continue to try to figure out why we’re attracting great engineers and keeping them around.</p>