Klarinet Archive - Posting 001310.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Pay analysis, etc.
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 19:28:32 -0400

On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Jonathan Cohler wrote:
> The purpose of the salary figures was to justify one of the assumptions in
> my financial model, which they did quite handsomely. I had conservatively
> assumed an average scale salary in the major full-time orchestras of $50K.
> As the numbers show, the actual figure is well in excess of that.
>
> The purpose was not to detail all of the expenses associated with an orchestra.
>
> My model calculates recruiting costs as a percentage of salary (which is a
> common model). The other expenses are not relevant to this model. All
> businesses have other expenses besides salary, such as health benefits and
> many other things. But again, it has no bearing on the discussion.

The common model is not common amongst symphony orchestras....you have not
shown that, nor have you attempted to research representative models from
full time symphony orchestras to back up your claims. To further claim
that health benefits and other things have no bearing on the discussion of
how a budget should include recruiting costs is comparable to a person
driving across country to save plane fare not figuring in food expenses or
gasoline. This is simply irresponsible.

Roger Garrett
IWU