[BC] Why One answer

[Dana Puopolo]

Not always.

There are plenty of smaller 'boutique' markets where housing costs are WAY
more then salaries. 

As an example, I was offered a job in one of these markets. It's located 30
miles north of San Francisco.  They offered me $45K for four class B FM's and
a 5 kW directional AM.

A one bedroom apartment here costs about $1200.00 a month.

Gas in CA is now about $3.50 a gallon.

It's impossible to live there on what they pay!

Besides, AS I SAID, the plumber's and electrician and car mechanics' rates
aren't tied to the: "size of the market". We do the SAME type of work they do.
I even believe that our kind of work is more specialized (example: we are also
expected to be experts at computers and IT).

Did you not read what my contractor friend said? He's 28, self trained and
makes over twice what any of us here do!

The problem is, WE let it get this way.  We allowed our salaries to stagnate
while our workload increased, while the plumbers and mechanics and contractors
didn't!  The car dealer lists his repair rate as 90 dollars an hour. Take it
or leave it. Same with the plumber, electrician, maintanance worker and floor
scrubber. Take it or leave it.


Now, how do we fix it??

-D


-D


------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:08:25 PM EDT
From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer


There are very big differences in cost of living in various sized 
markets. Wages are generally geared to those costs. Housing is one of 
the big items.

R

Dana Puopolo wrote:

>That's fine...But how come two guys can BOTH have 20 years of experience and
>still have a 500% difference in their wages depending on what market they're
>in?
>
>Like I said, it doesn't seem to matter to the rates the plumber or mechanic
or
>electrician get - so why does it mmatter to the engineer?...or are lower on
>the totem pole then they guy who gets paid (more then us!) to fix toilets?
>
>The other day I was talking to one of the people who buy time on one of my
>client's stations. He's a contractor, and asked me what the average engineer
>in Boston gets paid. He was AMAZED at how low it was - he says he pays his
>workers 50% more then that - and himself makes five times what the average
>engineer here makes. He's in his late '20's, by the way....
>
>-D
>
>
>
>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:20:38 AM EDT
>From: "JYRussell at academicplanet.com" <jyrussell at academicplanet.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer
>
>One of the answers I was given years ago was that it was "paying your 
>dues"... The reasoning was "Obviously, the well-paid CE for a bajillion watt

>TV powerhouse had to start somewhere... and you only get that kind of 
>education a couple of ways... one way is to pay to go to college for it... 
>the other, pay for it in labor and hands-on experience"...
>
>   I admit, it's probably a better education than falling asleep in class, 
>and it's got a lot of value....but wouldn't it be nice to afford food and 
>gas while you're going though it all !
>
>Jason
>
>
><snip>
> The work we do is
>the same whether we're fixing an FM25K in Chicago or Presque Isle, Maine. In
>fact, fixing that rig in Maine can be HARDER due to the inabilty to have 
>local
>parts available.
>
>Why?
>
>-D
>
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