Got a job offer

[camaro_speedemon]

It's kinda in a field that I want to be in. It's for school photographer. I want to be videographer, which is basically the same thing.

My wife works for lifetouch, and they are in desperate need of photographers. They're severely shorthanded.

The pros: a much better company to work for. Awesome benefits, awesome retirement plan, very flexible, a foot in the door for a good industry to be in, and it'd be something I'd enjoy doing.

Cons: Major pay cut my hourly rate. I'd go from 12/hr to around between 8.50-10/hr, but I would be working 50-60hr weeks. Also, the health benefits are better, so I would also be paying less for healthcare. So in the end I would probably be making the same amount. The worst part is also seasonal, so I would only be working 8-9 months out of the year. So even though I would be making the same per week, I'd be working 3-4 months less. This is also a double wammy, because I'm working the same job as my wife, we'd both be out of work 3-4 months out of the year.

[MTMike]

But you'd be off during the peak wedding season, allowing you to focus some time on your business.

Sounds like it's a pretty good opportunity. Congrats [img]smile.gif[/img]

[camaro_speedemon]

Originally posted by MTMike:
But you'd be off during the peak wedding season, allowing you to focus some time on your business.

Sounds like it's a pretty good opportunity. Congrats [img]smile.gif[/img]

Yea...but I'm not pulling in enough money through my business to do that :(

[Mighty Thor]

Sounds very risky. But good opportunity in the end.

Do you attend a lot of those bridal events or something? A lot of couples are always looking for a bargain when it comes to photographers/videographers. You just have to be a good presenter and a salesperson. But yeah around June-August is when you make the real money.

Do you have plans on openning your own studio?

[camaro_speedemon]

Originally posted by Mighty Thor:
Sounds very risky. But good opportunity in the end.

Do you attend a lot of those bridal events or something? A lot of couples are always looking for a bargain when it comes to photographers/videographers. You just have to be a good presenter and a salesperson. But yeah around June-August is when you make the real money.

Do you have plans on openning your own studio?

Maybe in the long run, right now I'm just working out of my house.

I plan on attending a bridal show sometime this year, the cost is outragous though. It's like $1000 just for a small booth with power.

[SpeedingFirebird]

My wife has a degree in TV/Film. She tried for years to break into the videography business - viacom, MTV, a few wedding gigs, some local Christian channel. Eventually, she left that business because we were going broke.

Congrats on the new job and good luck.

[camaro_speedemon]

Originally posted by SpeedingFirebird:
My wife has a degree in TV/Film. She tried for years to break into the videography business - viacom, MTV, a few wedding gigs, some local Christian channel. Eventually, she left that business because we were going broke.

Congrats on the new job and good luck.

It's all in who you know, it's a very hard business to get into. Which is why I started my own company. Networking is very important in this field.

[SpeedingFirebird]

Originally posted by camaro_speedemon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SpeedingFirebird:
My wife has a degree in TV/Film. She tried for years to break into the videography business - viacom, MTV, a few wedding gigs, some local Christian channel. Eventually, she left that business because we were going broke.

Congrats on the new job and good luck.

It's all in who you know, it's a very hard business to get into. Which is why I started my own company. Networking is very important in this field. </font>[/QUOTE]Absolutely, she learned that as well. Her freelancing was finally starting to take off after her name got out. By then we were too broke to keep going. :-(

[camaro_speedemon]

Originally posted by SpeedingFirebird:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by camaro_speedemon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SpeedingFirebird:
My wife has a degree in TV/Film. She tried for years to break into the videography business - viacom, MTV, a few wedding gigs, some local Christian channel. Eventually, she left that business because we were going broke.

Congrats on the new job and good luck.

It's all in who you know, it's a very hard business to get into. Which is why I started my own company. Networking is very important in this field. </font>[/QUOTE]Absolutely, she learned that as well. Her freelancing was finally starting to take off after her name got out. By then we were too broke to keep going. :-( </font>[/QUOTE]Ha, yea tell me about it. It's expensive to buy the stuff you need.