Ever wonder what it takes to rake in the big bucks in the tech industry? The answer can be found in the executive suites of the big technology firms, where leaders are taking home millions — whether they do a good job or not.

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Tags: BMC software, CEO, compensation, executive, Hewlett-Packard, IT, Oracle, pay

The price of technology hardware bearing a stamp “Made in China” could start inching up soon as a movement among Chinese workers for better pay and working conditions begins to spread across the country.

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Tags: China, Foxconn, outsourcing, pay, suicide, technology, workers

A massive Nielsen survey has asked consumers the burning question many Web site content providers are dying to hear the answer to: Will you pay for the news and entertainment you now get online for free?

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Tags: consumers, content, Nielsen, pay, survey

If you’ve got users who are non-exempt employees, warn their managers to be careful about when and how often they contact those workers via company-issued mobiles.

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Tags: cell phones, cellphones, non-exempt employees, pay, work-related, workers

Don’t be surprised if your organization gets hit with a new kind of lawsuit sometime soon. The latest legal challenge:

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Tags: booting up, computer, lawsuit, pay, shutting down, time

In a perfect world, you might have more choices like this one: We’ll give you a decent raise, or you can pass up the money and work from home some of the time.

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Tags: costs, pay, raise, recruitment, retention, security, telecommuting

If wage is any value indication, some IT skills are in decline. A recent survey of over 3,500 IT managers listed the five high-tech skills that don’t command what they once did:

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Tags: HTML, IT skills, NetWare, pay, programming languages, tech support