Comments on: How Corporate Pay Bands Can Help Freelance Writers Earn More https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/02/how-corporate-pay-bands-can-help-freelance-writers-earn-more.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/02/how-corporate-pay-bands-can-help-freelance-writers-earn-more.html#comment-17267 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:29:55 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6503#comment-17267 I had a similar discussion with the plumber/handyman who installed my new faucet yesterday. It struck me as funny that he was of the opinion that teachers were overpaid (I know some whose fringe benefits are better than my annual income, but they’ve got Masters Degrees and a lot of seniority, too) while also defending investors’ rights to expecting at least a 10% return on their investments because their money is at risk. (Voluntarily at risk, but I wasn’t about to debate a handyman/plumber when he was half way through installing the faucet.) He said he had a buddy working in a Verizon store earning a ton of money when the company only posted a small ROI ( I did point out that companies like that have to heavily invest in R&D to stay relevant in a rapidly increasing industry, but what do I know?). He said another buddy makes $80K a year delivering packages for UPS. As he was complaining about their incomes, I wanted to say: It’s what the market will bear.

Instead I told him how magazine pay rates have been mostly stagnant for the 20 years I’ve been writing, and some newbies are content to be paid based on how many clicks their articles generate—I just know well enough not to write for the click-through places or markets that don’t pay enough to make it worth my time.

Seriously – I don’t want to debate with people who are here to do a job. At least he didn’t stop work to make his points, LOL. And he charged per project, not by the hour. Which sort of brings this little rambling comment back to the main point.

]]> By: Mary Schneider https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/02/how-corporate-pay-bands-can-help-freelance-writers-earn-more.html#comment-17265 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:20:35 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6503#comment-17265 When I started, with no experience or idea of what I was doing, I set my rate at $5 an hour. Yes, really. And I made that much. I’ve gone WAY up from there lol
I’m still adjusting my rates as I go along, but at least now I’m comfortable with what I’m doing. If I can make more at my part-time retail job than writing, I’m doing something wrong!

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