Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Rates?

Wait! There is something on Television of value?
 Rick Emery
www.rickemery.com

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From: Anthony <tonybreuer@mac.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 19, 2009 4:42:14 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Rates?

 

The average going rate for Doc editors with experience in NYC is $500/day for just the editor. I get the same regardless of the platform (Avid MC or FCP).

The sweatshops of course want to pay a whole lot less. I avoid those gigs if I can. Way too much stress and definitely hazardous to your health.

BTW when they tell me: "we don't pay overtime" my standard reply is "Good. Then we're in agreement, because I don't work it....If your budget is really tight I will try to help you out, but I do not work brutal hours for free."

I don't mind giving some hours (or even days) if it's a show I really believe has value and I'm being treated nicely, but I refuse to get F@#%#$.

(I won't say it, this is a PG list).

I generally don't charge O/T but at least offer me comp time in return or at the VERY least, tell me I did a good job. But if the hours are really brutal, I expect to be compensated.

I had one client a long time ago tell me "Don't you just love working around the clock with people you like?" My reply: "Goodbye".

They are now one of the leading "preditor" companies in NY, churning out the low end reality crap. I will drive a cab before I work for them. I am very happily editing away elsewhere, getting my rate, having most weekends and nights off and being told "Thank you! You did a good job". Then I go home and polish my Emmy.

BTW, Nat Geo is definitely NOT in the sweatshop category. They treat me very nicely when I work for them directly, which I do frequently.

EOR (End of Rant).

Tony
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> Obviously, I would never ask anyone to quote their rate in a public forum, but I'm curious as to what is happening to rates around the nation, and the world. I'm asking this question as a matter of what's common, not what you personally charge, and I'm interested primarily in freelance rates, though it would be interesting to know how freelance and staff rates compare in a given market. Obviously, different types of work mean different types of rates, so I would like to know about:
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> Thanks for sharing any intel you may have. I sincerely hope there's nothing inappropriate about this, but it seems we've talked about money before, and if I am being inappropriate, I'm sure Jeff will let me know ;-)
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