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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

My standing ovation to Noi Noi and the rest for the courage to speak up...

Hi Dixon,
Im glad about your proposal in making freelance rates transparent.
Even though it may not be as straight forward when it comes to giving a quote to clients (cos really, it's ultimately up to the individual anyway), the rates can serve as a framework for all.
And the main reason why companies get to exploit is becos there'll ALWAYS be somebody who's willing to work for long hours at a lower pay.
To curb that problem, there ought to be a reasonable rate for all to gauge.
If say, all disagree to accept a fee that's below standard, they'll be a time when production houses have no choice but to absorb the cost of paying that amount.
But they will not be in a losing end, cos they'll find a way to balance that out, probably by throwing back to their clients.
A collective effort is definitely needed in order to make a change such as this, and to push ourselves out of situations where companies get to exploit anyone. Stop accepting unreasonable proposals / rates.
By doing the opposite, change will NEVER happen.
We'll still be complaining about how bad the industry is 5, 10 years down the road, yet expect someone else to somehow change the entire situation around and make our lives better.
We ARE the industry.
We are responsible in making our lives better.
By slogging and yielding to unreasonable rates, we are making things difficult for ourselves but easy for the companies.
How many of us actually realize this?

Regards,
Noi (6th batch)

And yes people... the industry is really BAD now especially for those who are doing Malay programmes like me. But hey, if we can pick ourselves up from this, then we'll be able to go through ANYTHING!!!

"I'm a SURVIVOR! I'm gonna make it.... " (humming to the tune by Destiny's Child)

Food for thought which I copied somewhere.... Tee hee ; )
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one is watching."

posted by norhayati @ 2:56 PM

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