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Front-Ranger:
I'll even put on my Cross Your Heart bra!!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on March 03, 2009, 09:34:14 pm ---Yay Katherine!! :D I'm interested to hear what kind of jobs they are.
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One is writing/editing articles for a trade pub, the other is writing/editing general-interest lifestyle articles for a marketing company that sells them as website content or newspaper advertorials.
They pay about the same -- not bad, not great. A little less than I was earning 12 years ago, when I left newspapers. Both are in sort of bleak buildings located in suburban industrial parks.
The marketing one has much better benefits than the trade pub -- much better than I ever got in my newspaper jobs, in fact. It's also in a better location for commuting. So I'm rooting more for that one.
I won't know more for at least a couple of weeks. Neither job really sets my pulse racing, as you can probably tell, but the prospect of a steady decent income is nice. Neither are jobs I would have considered applying for in my 30s. But back then, newspapers were going to last forever and there wasn't an economic crisis and I wasn't something of a displaced at-home mom. I just read a NYT article about people who've gone from six-figure executive jobs to hourly-pay work, including one in a janitorial job, so compared to that I'd feel lucky.
Jeff Wrangler:
Either would be lucky to have you, Katherine. You can use the word fecund in a sentence! ;D ;)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 05, 2009, 08:03:20 pm ---Either would be lucky to have you, Katherine. You can use the word fecund in a sentence! ;D ;)
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Thanks, Jeff! Maybe I'll email them and promise that if they hire me I'll be their most fecund employee. In terms of work output, I mean. ;)
Lynne:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 05, 2009, 07:54:52 pm ---One is writing/editing articles for a trade pub, the other is writing/editing general-interest lifestyle articles for a marketing company that sells them as website content or newspaper advertorials.
They pay about the same -- not bad, not great. A little less than I was earning 12 years ago, when I left newspapers. Both are in sort of bleak buildings located in suburban industrial parks.
The marketing one has much better benefits than the trade pub -- much better than I ever got in my newspaper jobs, in fact. It's also in a better location for commuting. So I'm rooting more for that one.
I won't know more for at least a couple of weeks. Neither job really sets my pulse racing, as you can probably tell, but the prospect of a steady decent income is nice. Neither are jobs I would have considered applying for in my 30s. But back then, newspapers were going to last forever and there wasn't an economic crisis and I wasn't something of a displaced at-home mom. I just read a NYT article about people who've gone from six-figure executive jobs to hourly-pay work, including one in a janitorial job, so compared to that I'd feel lucky.
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I think Jeff's right, Katherine. Either would be lucky to have you, and not just because of your fecundity. ::)
I hope you get both and then get to choose the one you want with the better benefits! 8)
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