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I agree with the sit on your ass for nothing or do something for cheaper theory. But I've actually been on the same rate since 2000 and it hasn't changed, one would imagine that it would go up not down. Yes you have to be competetive and all that however it's just lately it seems that everyone wants the moon for nothing. We've got overheads, we pay tax on it so in actuality it runs about 20 quid an hour. But when you get freelance agencies selling you for 300+ a day and asking you to reduce your rate to 20, it's taking the piss really.
I believe in getting what you pay for, and I've also learned that when people pay more you get more respect from them. The lower the pay the shittier the treatment and the higher the expectations so it's also about self-respect. Insert your own story about taking on a job for peanuts and it turning into a nightmare, you know you've got at least one.
If we work for cheap we also eventually undermine our collective livelyhood. Yes we love our jobs and that makes it difficult to put a price tag on something we actually enjoy doing but we also need to respect ourselves and our industry to ensure we can make a living out of it.