[PaulHoule]

People have variable experience in this business.

In the same town you might find two people doing similar work and getting paid differently by a factor of 1.5 if not 2.

I've worked at places that vary dramatically in how toxic they are from

  * I left in a huff and 6 months later they called and said they hadn't hired a replacement
  and wanted advice,  I told them that there was no possibility of retaining people
  if they didn't fire my old boss.  They fired my old boss

  * People who are really nice

and everything in between.