Re: Entercom imposes contract on AFTRA

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>
Cc: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: Entercom imposes contract on AFTRA


> The point is, what will
> you do to work in an industry you want to work in? Some people have to
take
> pay cuts or freezes to fend layoffs. Isn't it worth it if you love your
job?
> Sure beats working at Home Depot.

The other point is that it used to be that working in a market like Boston
was something people would aspire to.  You had made really made it if you
got a job at a station like WRKO.  Usually it took several years in the
business to get there.  It wasn't a job like working at Home Depot.  Today,
it's not much more than that.

As far as salary surveys go: In most industries they are done by
professional associations or industry publications and depend upon voluntary
participation by people working in the industry.  As a result, they are not
entirely accurate but they give someone a decent idea of industry averages
when negotiating pay.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine