Tbf the position is right under the CIO and the guy clearly makes well over 6 figures. Grabbing headsets from the warehouse is an exaggeration that he used, but it is a support and admin position for a long lasting home building company here in the states (so they have $$$). And yea, that's the pay of a mid level software developer here too, granted it depends on who you work for. The way I took it is, this guy has 1 dude doing your "level 1" type support like getting conference rooms ready, replacing projector bulbs, helping Barabara with her daily email issue etc. He does everything else of "value" like server side work, patching, upgrading, deployment, purchasing, AD stuff, whatever. It looked like he was searching for a person to do his work while he kicks his feet on his desk but because they only employ about 100 people in that office I'd have to help the other guy with the mundane tasks so I'm not "doing nothing". What he also forgot I guess during the interview is the position called for somebody to head out to the contract areas and deploy IT equipment for the housing contractor trailers. IMO all things combined is worth that level of pay when you add in the travel. After we got done talking about my experience I guess he forgot about that part and got scared I'd get bored because I've worked in such a large corporate environment for 6 years. Definitely not the case but it is what it is. Not everything pays that lucratively though, I mean my last position I did a lot more "upper level" type stuff but only was paid ~40k.
It all comes down to finding the right company to work for that actually values good IT experience.
