I AM A STAGE MANAGER FOR BELIEVE-THE NEW SHAMU SHOW!!!!!
Okay. The other day, my manager pulls me into his office and tells me that I'm getting Part-time status plus a possible tech bump. (part time status just means I get minimal insurance and a ton of other benefits while full time status is full insurance for me and dependants...the number of hours is the same in our department...it's not even an issue. And a tech bump is a monetary thing...I'm currently a Tech 3, so I would be promoted to Tech 2 with a dollar or less raise)
I was kinda bummed because I found out from my lead that I was given the part-time status in order to sway me to stay in stagehands because a temp/seasonal stage MANAGER position was in the works and my manager wants to keep me. Nice to be wanted...butnow that I have some insurance and benefits, I can't give them up and drop back to temp/seasonal.
Well, today, my manager pulls me aside...we're both working on pyro and it's about midnight or so and he says that I'm getting the temp/seasonal Believe Stage Manager position with my current part time status. I'll be working 4 days a week as a Stage Manager and one day as a stagehand(which I assured my fretting lead could be 3 days if they really need me in stagehands...which is inevitable). I'm not getting my tech 2 bump right now because it doesn't matter...I'll be getting a temporary raise to senior tech level($15.50ish/hour) for as long as I'm a temp Stage Manager. When the season is over, I'll return to 5days a week stagehand and back to a Tech 2 (which is still more than I'm currently making).
It's like the best of all worlds. I didn't really want to be stuck at Shamu Stadium for the entire summer and I really didn't want to leave my stagehand group for good, but this works out PERFECT. I am so stoked.
So everyone be proud! I'm a walking talking PROFESSIONAL Stage Manager making over $15 an hour working on a show that is worth over a couple million dollars. And it's only 5 months after I graduated!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Okay. The other day, my manager pulls me into his office and tells me that I'm getting Part-time status plus a possible tech bump. (part time status just means I get minimal insurance and a ton of other benefits while full time status is full insurance for me and dependants...the number of hours is the same in our department...it's not even an issue. And a tech bump is a monetary thing...I'm currently a Tech 3, so I would be promoted to Tech 2 with a dollar or less raise)
I was kinda bummed because I found out from my lead that I was given the part-time status in order to sway me to stay in stagehands because a temp/seasonal stage MANAGER position was in the works and my manager wants to keep me. Nice to be wanted...butnow that I have some insurance and benefits, I can't give them up and drop back to temp/seasonal.
Well, today, my manager pulls me aside...we're both working on pyro and it's about midnight or so and he says that I'm getting the temp/seasonal Believe Stage Manager position with my current part time status. I'll be working 4 days a week as a Stage Manager and one day as a stagehand(which I assured my fretting lead could be 3 days if they really need me in stagehands...which is inevitable). I'm not getting my tech 2 bump right now because it doesn't matter...I'll be getting a temporary raise to senior tech level($15.50ish/hour) for as long as I'm a temp Stage Manager. When the season is over, I'll return to 5days a week stagehand and back to a Tech 2 (which is still more than I'm currently making).
It's like the best of all worlds. I didn't really want to be stuck at Shamu Stadium for the entire summer and I really didn't want to leave my stagehand group for good, but this works out PERFECT. I am so stoked.
So everyone be proud! I'm a walking talking PROFESSIONAL Stage Manager making over $15 an hour working on a show that is worth over a couple million dollars. And it's only 5 months after I graduated!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
