Why do production companies always lowball editor rates?

My monthly salary after employees pf deduction and professional tax of 200 is 96,500.
How much income tax will be deducted on this amount without any investments and all.

How do I get into the job I really want if everybody wants experience but employers are not giving me the opportunity?

What’s the salary range for an Analyst with a MBA and 4 years of experience?

I think the Matrix is broken, I just had a déjà vu.

For anyone who has the CIPP/US certification, how long did you study for the exam?

Just moved to the city and I'm excited to get out and try some new restaurants. What's your all-time favorite spot to grab a bite in Charlotte? (Bonus points if you can tell me what makes it awesome!)

Welcome everyone! Let’s get to know each other 😊 what city do you practice in? And what’s your favorite thing about estate planning?

Has anyone made a move from audit to consulting as a senior and could you speak a bit about the process??

For ex consultants without finance backgrounds who transitions to PE or Growth do you have any recs on podcast books to read that helped you build your PE/Investing knowledge?

How do you develop salary expectations? Any sources you use to help figure out what the market is like?

I just put in my notice at my company for a new job that only cleared level 1 wages (and certainly wouldn’t clear whatever 45th percentile is). Haven’t filed the transfer yet. How screwed am I? Should I ask my new job to file the transfer without premium processing in the hopes that the new DOL wage rule gets struck down by the time my transfer is processed?

How do you guys record your time? I’ve been using OneNote and enter time daily. Just wanna learn if there’s any other efficient ways to record time besides using OneNote

Anyone here taken the LSAT and the CPA? Which one is harder?

Hello new to the Fishbowl, currently seeking new employment in the Cash Application Accounting, system implementation, order to cash Management or non management roles. Also, open to new opportunities in other areas. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated ☺️

Anyone have consulting experience in Austria? I’m moving to Vienna and trying to get a sense of salary for an experienced SM in management consulting. Any insight? Thanks!

So how does the Uber PIN thing work at LGA? Whenever I request an UBER there, it just connects me with a driver. I don’t get a PIN for the cars queuing up.

Option 1: margin loan based on brokerage account assets, Option 2: home equity loan on a paid off property. Looking to use the cheap debt to DCA invest in the market over the next few months. Have reasonable risk appetite, thoughts on one vs another?

Hello All...

I am serving a notice period in Accenture and looking for a better job opportunity. Requesting you kindly refer me for SAP SD and 5 years of experience.

I need help finding a Christmas tree around midtown east. All I see are tiny ones or huge ones. Just looking for one ~5-7feet

I work at a post-house and made a spec spot using a bunch of footage that was provided to us by a client (direct to brand relationship, not via an agency). Clients haven’t seen....

What’s the highest day rate you’ve heard of an editor charging? I just found out what somebody is charging and it made my jaw drop.

Are ad agencies typically signatories of Local 700 Agreements?

How’s everyone doing out there? Busy? Slow? Remote? In person? Lower rates?

Anyone have a magic number that would make you give up freelancing and take a staff job? (New York)

Hey everyone - any freelance editors or editors/director/makers who live in (or work in) the Atlanta market?

Beginner video editing advice wanted - I’m working on a personal side gig project. As part of that, I’m recording short interviews with people currently using a camera and/or iPhone .. (cont)

Are y’all raising rates to account for inflation? Am I stupid if I haven’t yet?

I’m so glad this bowl finally exists.

Are post-houses ramping back to in-person? I’m freelance and so far have had a couple in-person sessions but everything else has still been remote. I’m in NYC.

How much does a post house typically charge an advertising client for editing in NYC? Whether that’s hourly, daily, etc.

Yet again I’m watching a client fuck up a nice spot so bad I can’t put it in my reel. Absolutely disheartening.

I’m new to freelancing, at a senior level and in NYC. Can anyone give me a range of what day rate would be appropriate to charge? Thank you!!

When you do a cut and you’re super excited and proud. And then the director weighs in and it gets even better! And then... the client makes it worse. And worse again. And worser still. Sigh.

What would you do in this situation? I signed a schedule A for one weeks work at Company A for $600 per day and then company B offered me 2 weeks work at $800 per day.

Does your agency have any revision requests you always turn away as a rule of thumb?

I'm working on establishing our video department and I pretty much have to start from scratch as far as client/internal understanding of the video process goes (we are a fairly small agency). Any other general advice would be awesome as well.

Does anyone include a bit on invoices like "Accounts not paid within terms are subject to a .75% monthly (9% annual) finance charge" or something like that?

Tangentially, has anyone had an invoice with 30-day terms kicked back for revisions because the client's terms are longer, or do they just ignore what you've stipulated?

Curious what comp package and terms it’d take for successful 5+ YOE freelancers to consider staff? Please also leave your YOE w response.