[BC] I'm looking for work....too

[DANA PUOPOLO]

The problem with contracting these days is that many/most people simply don't
pay in a timely fashion.  Rents and mortgages need to be paid on time. I
stopped being able to provide 60 or 90 days interest free financing about the
time my second child was born. That was a long time ago.

The reason many contracting businesses have gone away is because the work has
dried up. I can't afford to sit around waiting for calls where they expect me
to IMMEDIATELY come running. I need to eat during the lulls too! In the past,
stations realized this and provided retainers. Alas, those days are long gone.
Instead we're treated like plumbers, electricians and gardeners. The big
difference is that those crafts have a much larger base of potential customers
then we do.

Also, the reason many places are without contractors is because of
consolidation. It used to be that a station had one or two bodies.  A
contractor was a valuable asset. Now eight stations have three or four
engineers. Managers think that the engineers are screwing around so there's no
way they will let them bring in contractors with that many bodies about. The
fact that they might be working twice as hard as they used to is irrelevant to
these bozo managers!

-D





 

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Received: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:58:00 PM PST
From: "Mike McCarthy" <mre at ais.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] I'm looking for work....too

Actually, Both Kevin and Cowboy are right.  I too had ebb and flows in 
my contracing business. I was VERY fortunate to have very few ebbs and 
many flows overlapping each other.  I alays had a project of some sort 
in motion for 15 years.

Chicago no longer has a full time contractor any more. Everyone has 
side clients. But there is no one around to handle larger projects 
locally.

Granted, Chicago like any other major market requires certain skills 
and such. But for someone with the right skills and equipment 
inventory, a decent living could be made. 

MM

> On Friday 03 February 2006 08:21, Lewis Munn wrote:
> > Join the crew, Paul!!
> >    
> >   I have been looking for engineering work, installs, tuneups, 
repairs, even 
> checked on the Big Radio conglomerates advertising for engineers on 
killer 
> schedules...no luck now for a long time.  
> >    
> >   Open to travel for a good job, or relocate.  But would really 
prefer 
> contracting, installs, tuneups, repairs, etc., anywhere.  But seems 
nobody 
> wants me anymore.  *sob*  
> 
>  It's been a slow couple of months !
> 
>  I think that I ( yes, even I ) posted on this very list that now 
would be a 
> good time.
>  Well, NOW I'm in Philadelphia straigntening out a 6 tower diplex 
that 
> developed
>  a "challenge" recently.
> 
>  Be careful what you wish for !
> 
>  No, the rest of the year isn't filled up.........yet !
>  ( but it's looking very promising )
> 
>  As KK posted, those of us that choose to be contractors know that 
we will
>  not be always busy all of the time, but that there will be slack 
periods.
>  Often related to normal business cycles, sometimes not.
> 
>  Take advantage, and enjoy them, for they too, shall pass !
> 
>  ( I keep wishing for that six month gig in Nassau...... ) 
> 
> -- 
> Cowboy
> 
> http://cowboys.homeip.net
> 
> A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.
> 
> 
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