For the most part, I love my Day Job. The pay sucks (but who doesn’t feel that way) but the varied work environment and the combination of a flexible schedule and a complex mix of problems from shoveling 9 cubic yards of sand to exploring the “root of the problem” to identifying and correcting the poor treatment of our computer systems. In the mean time, I get to drive up and down the Highways and Byways of the peninsula and pontificate on life and the next film or stage job. Still, if I could find a company that would pay me market value for the same job description……
And there in lies the Rub. If I do a search under Facilities, I find that the median pay for a position at a company of equal size is 75,000.00 in California. Adjusting for the “Current Economy, that might really equal more like 60,000. Still, that number is provided as a base salary number, benefits could vary it greatly. On the other hand, the flexibility of my current position is hard to beat. I have basic control over my hours, can adjust for kid school functions, and the occasional commercial shoot, and can even sometimes manage to make the noon class at Karate. Taking on a true 9-5 could free up our bill situation, but clamp down on my freedom of expression.
Finally, I guess I also still find enough about these guys to just not want to leave if I can help it. Sometimes Money Costs Too Much. Here, I am appreciated, trusted, and comfortable. And of course the fact that they just covered my transportation costs as an added perk is a mighty fine plus.
(Side note---for those one or two of you who are becoming addicted to my ramblings (hopefully I am paying you well enough yes?) I will be filming this weekend so it may be Monday before I post again)
***isn’t He cute in his Vanity?****
