I'm in basically the same boat, haven't raised my rates in over 10 years. Though I'm thinking of asking for (gasp!) $2.50 an hour more for my commercial work. Should I bother?
Shirley
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From: Mark Myers <MarkM@SR-Pro.com>
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Sent: Thu, May 9, 2013 9:27 am
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Wages for editors, can you say "Heating and Airconditioning" in the future
I haven't been able to raise my rates in more than 15 years. Now, my
investment has dropped dramatically, but my rates have been flat for
more than a decade.
Mark
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On 5/8/2013 5:32 PM, John Heiser wrote:
> I haven't had a meaningful raise in 8 years.
>
> That's not the whole story, of course. Our owner kept us stable during the
> Recession and I'm grateful for that. The dry stretch does have an impact,
> though.
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> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:53 PM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
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>> Well today I was once again reminded of where I fit in the earning food
>> chain. After a house flood, uh I mean water intrusion, because that's
>> covered not flooding I had to have someone come out to clean the
>> ventilation system a.k.a ducts, furnace etc... Sure they have a cool van
>> with a big ass vacuum tube to suck out the ducts but in less than an hour
>> there was almost a $900.00 bill. Once again I'm realizing I'm not in a
>> business that's going to make me rich, comfortable yes, rich no. I am
>> starting to see more penny pinching on the online side these days. I know
>> it's been discussed here before that editors' wages have been stagnant for
>> a long time. I'm curious how others on the list are seeing the prevailing
>> trends in rate reductions. Bait and Tackle shop is starting to look more
>> attractive each and every day. ;-)
>>
>> John Moore
>>
>> Barking Trout Productions
>>
>> Studio City, CA
>>
>> bigfish@pacbell.net
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