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- fr0st
Hi guys. I need your opinion on my situation. N e pointers and much needed guidance will be helpful.
I recently got let go from my previous job that was paying me $14 an hour to do in house graphics for Realtors.
I just recently got a job at a Design Studio for doin pre-press work and some design on the side.
Now should I be asking for the same pay or should I increase it because it's a design firm and not a inhouse gig?please help... i start tuesday and need to discuss $
- Soler0
whatever will make you happy is what you should ask for. It seems that asking for more is pretty standard
- gruntt0
show a little leg and ask for more cash.
- fr0st0
do you think asking first for a high pay will hurt you in the process? or will i always have to bargain down?
- F_180
if by pre press you mean production, you should be asking for around 30 -35K a year depending on location and size of company.
- Dublao70
Ask for more. Everything's working towards improvement.
- JazX0
You want $30 per hour and you need to talk yourself up like you're worth it.
Don't settle for less
- tkmeister0
ask more if you aren't afraid of them refusing and losing this opportunity.
it really comes down to how you talk to them and nagotiate.
- designaked0
You should be asking for $15-$17 an hour. I always find that giving a range goes over really and its kind of a non-threatening (and almost non-answer) way of approaching to topic of money. Lets them know what works for you without really putting them on the spot to match an exact figure. The key to giving a range is to make sure that what you have as your low is totally and 100% acceptable to you. Never give a range of $11-$17.....always make it within 2-3 dollars an hour or 2-3 thousand dollars either way on a salary.
The $30-35/k per year is an accurate salary for prepress work (unless you are in India and then its $30-35 dollars per year)....that works out to be between $15-17 an hour.
Always make sure to sign a contract.....even if it is a long-term permanant position.
- KILLputer0
yes $30,000 to $35,000 a year is about right-
$30 an hour for that work, in your first firm, is not gonna happen.
Think $17 an hour
- uberdesigner0
"do whatever makes you happy"
that's the most fucked up advice I've ever heard