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If you don’t want the job and they’re offering you a low rate, that’s a pass
It's a tough market out there, I won't lie. That said, when you take a lower rate than you're worth, all of our ships go down with the tide. So how much lower is the rate? I'd go based on that. It's fairly standard to take a cut if it's a longish gig (over a couple weeks) since it's reliable income. I normally don't go more than $150 below my normal day rate for that though.
Example: my day rate is $1K but I'm currently wrapping up a ten week gig at $850/day.
ACD1 said it. If you’re hypothetically used to getting $1k/day and they offer $500, then that’s a ripoff. If they offer $800 a day for a month or two, then take the stability into consideration.
If you feel like your market has better rates available, you could wait it out. But if your market is as slow as everyone else’s, it might be more valuable to take the money (if it’s a respectably lower rate, not a ripoff).
If you need money take the gig.
Thanks everyone! Much appreciated. The rate they offered was way too low and the market here is really good (I’m in AUS) so I declined. They since came back and offered to pay the full rate - yay!
... I don’t think I’d want to stay longer than the initial one in any case - should I say no and hope for something better soon? What would you do?
You’re getting answers from ppl with different tolerance for risk. What scares you more, the risk of not having the low but guaranteed income if you turn this down or the risk of missing out on a more compelling job if you take this?