[austechwriter] Re: Another one down - and almost out

Fair comments, except for the whole post.  You forgot to mention what type
of work you were looking for.............

Geoff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Edward Granat" <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Another one down - and almost out


> Geoff,
>
> You have taken my comments completely out of context and used the old
> "staff jealousy calculation method" that involves simply taking a rate,
> multiplying it by 40 then by 52.  (Few if any contractors get to work more
> than 40 weeks of the year, often much less at the moment.)
>
> Life doesn't work that way and nobody gets to work a non-breaks full year
> or they'd be in no condition to work for another and they'd have no life
> left to work for.
>
> Most assignments are relatively short and have substantial periods of no
or
> little income in between.
>
> Annual staff salaries are a different matter.
>
> Contractors get no holiday pay and have huge overheads, including
> insurances, equipment and other down-time costs, including training and
> seminar costs.
>
> The idea is to work to live, not to live to work.
>
> You have most definitely grabbed the wrong end of the stick.
>
> Multiplying your AUD$0.02 cents worth, by 40 (80 whole shiny cents a week)
> then by 52 gives us AUD$41.60 a year of valuable commentary, but that
would
> be too wearing for you (and for us) so, in deference to your needs, I'm
> willing to give you 4 weeks paid annual commentary leave worth AUD$3.20.
>
> I've just given you a break.  Now, why don't you give us one.
>
> Michael Granat
> Write Ideas
> Carnegie, Victoria, Australia.
>
> At 16:47 30/6/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> ><snip>
> >I think that $40 x 40hrs x 52weeks = $83200pa
> >
> >Anyone who thinks that $83,200 p.a. is an unrealistically *low* salary
will
> >probably remain uneployed for a considerable amount of time.  Most
employers
> >are not looking for The Ultimate Tech Writer, they are looking for
someone
> >who
> >can do the job for a *realistic* salary.  If a writer applies for a job
at
> >$25/hr, and can do the job - what employer is going to pay someone else
> >$40/hr
> >to do the same job?
> >
> >I've noticed that most people who complain about low rates devaluing the
> >industry are hanging out for rates that get them laughed out of most
> >jobs.  Be
> >thankful that I have a job, because I'd be happy to take on most tech
writing
> >tasks at $30/hr salary.
> >
> >Michael, you may feel wounded by my comments, but expecting a salary so
high
> >when so many of your peers are unemployed is just as bad for the industry
as
> >asking $15/hr.
> >
> >0.02c
> >
> >Geoff
>
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