I was just wondering what the average prepress specialist salary is?
I am not asking anyone to disclose their salary
I am just trying to get a general idea
I was just wondering what the average prepress specialist salary is?
I am not asking anyone to disclose their salary
I am just trying to get a general idea
Look at the author's face - gray and almost bold... However, smiles like he's indeed fine.Wow...all I know is...sign me up for $60 an hour! My hair will gray less, and probably stop falling out of my head!
Look at the author's face - gray and almost bold... However, smiles sincerely!Wow...all I know is...sign me up for $60 an hour! My hair will gray less, and probably stop falling out of my head!
I was just wondering what the average prepress specialist salary is?
I am not asking anyone to disclose their salary
I am just trying to get a general idea
Same here.It's terrible where I live. Everyone wants to hire for $15 an hour or less.
It's pretty disheartening and tough to live on $15.
I don't know what else to do at this point. I started out in bindery 16 years ago and worked production for a lot of those years, then associate of science degree in graphic design and on to prepress and IT stuff. Prepress (plus cleaning and maintaining plate processor and handling chemicals), IT, and Design are expected here for a crap wage. But I guess we need to feel lucky to have jobs and be able to barely pay bills. I still love printing. There are other things to make up for shotty wages, like if you get to work on nice computers in a nice facility with non-uptight people.
You just said what is true and what my mind hasn't wanted to believe.Well....
Printshop owners mostly think in terms of cost - not value. That's how they're treated by their customers so it's not surprising that's how they treat their employees.
Also, in today's increasingly automated print production environment, brilliance is perceived as emanating from management. The contribution of the worker on the floor is increasingly insignificant.
Many shops that I've visited have one brainiac (who's well paid) in some sort of management position in each department. The other employees are easily replaceable and thus paid a low salary or are eliminated through automation.
That's just the way it is going forward. Sorry.
Now if you'd studied to become a plumber instead...well no one's going to question your price when the toilet is backing up and overflowing on a holiday Sunday.
gordo
Printshop owners mostly think in terms of cost - not value.
The wages in this industry are dropping every month. I am a Plant Manager of a decent sized shop; 100 employees, and for the the last four jobs I have had, every time my salary has been lower. Many shops now refuse to pay overtime and the employees go with it for fear of losing their jobs. The past two decades have not been kind to the printing industry. Pride has vanished.
I now regret taking graphic arts as my career. I would not recommend any bright young person choose this industry as they will be sorry.
I would not recommend any bright young person choose this industry as they will be sorry.
A 30-day Fix for Managed Chaos
As any print professional knows, printing can be managed chaos. Software that solves multiple problems and provides measurable and monetizable value has a direct impact on the bottom-line. “We reduced order entry costs by about 40%.” Significant savings in a shop that turns about 500 jobs a month. Learn how……. |