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<blockquote data-quote="Spenser Hamilton" data-source="post: 91965" data-attributes="member: 2272">Re: Employer fair play or foul?+1 Bolded for emphasis! I was just 4 minutes late for a call yesterday - had to troubleshoot a PA system elsewhere - and still had the courtesy to call my boss and let him know I&#039;d be there ASAP, that combined with the fact that I&#039;m usually early for calls makes a big difference when the guy in charge is trying to decide who to give work to.That aside, that whole arrangement is not a good one imo. $40 is a joke, not even worth stepping out of my house as far as I&#039;m concerned. The other part that rubs me wrong - because I&#039;ve been burned on it in the past - is bar owners that are too cheap to pay a tech for the night, so they ask you to come in and do a quick sound check so that &quot;bar staff can run the system that night&quot;. It&#039;s bullocks, the first time something goes wrong they&#039;re going to call you expecting you to run back and fix it (at no additional charge), and if you happen to be at another engagement and can&#039;t come back then you are going to be the bad guy (in the eyes of both the musician and the bar owner). I will never do a job like that again, too much headache.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spenser Hamilton, post: 91965, member: 2272"] Re: Employer fair play or foul? +1 Bolded for emphasis! I was just 4 minutes late for a call yesterday - had to troubleshoot a PA system elsewhere - and still had the courtesy to call my boss and let him know I'd be there ASAP, that combined with the fact that I'm usually early for calls makes a big difference when the guy in charge is trying to decide who to give work to. That aside, that whole arrangement is not a good one imo. $40 is a joke, not even worth stepping out of my house as far as I'm concerned. The other part that rubs me wrong - because I've been burned on it in the past - is bar owners that are too cheap to pay a tech for the night, so they ask you to come in and do a quick sound check so that "bar staff can run the system that night". It's bullocks, the first time something goes wrong they're going to call you expecting you to run back and fix it (at no additional charge), and if you happen to be at another engagement and can't come back then you are going to be the bad guy (in the eyes of both the musician and the bar owner). I will never do a job like that again, too much headache. [/QUOTE]

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