I start work on Monday. I'm worried.
First of all, I was supposed to start back on March 20th, but the equipment I needed to do my job was delayed, and so they promised me they'd get back to me as soon as they knew when it would be in. I was willing to believe them. So, I waited, and waited... Checked in from time to time, and got only their answering machines, and the rumor that their admin staff hadn't been in that week. Finally, I told them that if I didn't start within a week, I would simply find another job. That got a response from them. The admin guy got back to me almost immediately, and set up a meeting for today, at 1:30.
Today, at 1:30, I was at their office. Their administrator wasn't. Apparently, he hadn't felt like coming in that day. No one could get ahold of him. So, I sat down with his assistants, and tried to fill out my paperwork. Not an easy task, when you have to argue about wages with people who aren't really authorized to do so.
They were trying to pay me a flat rate per day. It would have worked out to more money than I would have earned on an hourly wage, if I was only working 8 hour shifts. But, since I know full-well that this job will require lots of overtime as the production gets closer to the deadline (as film projects always need lots of last minute work, and this one is especially behind), I would like to actually be -making- that overtime. Besides, if they have to pay me extra to work crazy hours, they'll be far less likely to ask me to work seven 15-hour shifts in a row.
After a long argument with their accountant, they agreed to pay me hourly, with overtime as per usual. But I swear, if they weren't paying as well as they do, and if it wasn't a job in my industry, I would have dropped it and ran as fast as I could away from it...
We'll see what Monday brings.
First of all, I was supposed to start back on March 20th, but the equipment I needed to do my job was delayed, and so they promised me they'd get back to me as soon as they knew when it would be in. I was willing to believe them. So, I waited, and waited... Checked in from time to time, and got only their answering machines, and the rumor that their admin staff hadn't been in that week. Finally, I told them that if I didn't start within a week, I would simply find another job. That got a response from them. The admin guy got back to me almost immediately, and set up a meeting for today, at 1:30.
Today, at 1:30, I was at their office. Their administrator wasn't. Apparently, he hadn't felt like coming in that day. No one could get ahold of him. So, I sat down with his assistants, and tried to fill out my paperwork. Not an easy task, when you have to argue about wages with people who aren't really authorized to do so.
They were trying to pay me a flat rate per day. It would have worked out to more money than I would have earned on an hourly wage, if I was only working 8 hour shifts. But, since I know full-well that this job will require lots of overtime as the production gets closer to the deadline (as film projects always need lots of last minute work, and this one is especially behind), I would like to actually be -making- that overtime. Besides, if they have to pay me extra to work crazy hours, they'll be far less likely to ask me to work seven 15-hour shifts in a row.
After a long argument with their accountant, they agreed to pay me hourly, with overtime as per usual. But I swear, if they weren't paying as well as they do, and if it wasn't a job in my industry, I would have dropped it and ran as fast as I could away from it...
We'll see what Monday brings.
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