Wanted: some worldwide advice on the following decision I have to soon make. I have been offered a job far away, outside of the city of Joburg, which is as a full time tuner for a large company that reconditions pianos, work would involve tuning in their workshop and tuning their customers pianos in other cities as well as Joburg, making decisions on pianos to buy and quotations on work involoved to recondition such pianos. I am 40(single), I currently have my own business in Joburg as a tuner/tech where I have a small personal tuning clientel but do a lot of contract work for a Joburg piano shop doing their repairs/tunings. If I go I would still be able to come back to Joburg (maybe) once a month and do needed private calls. Do you think I should avoid becoming an employee but rather remain as an independant tuner, but now doing contact work for them? The actual salary offer I wont know until I meet the company owner next week. I believe in USA $36,000 is an acceptable salary for a store tuner, which is like saying 10 tunings a week at $75, so I would work out the Rand equilent if this is so, and work it into my decision. Maybe I've answered myself, I'm not really asking for a vote "go" or "stay" but opions, pros and cons etc. Brian Lawson ________________________ Lawsonic Pianoforte Services PO Box 751097, Garden View Johannesburg, 2047 South Africa http://www.bigfoot.com/~lawsonic VoiceMail: +27 (0)88 127 6584 Cell: +27 (0)83 528 7798 eFax: +1 978 926 5675 ICQ: 28573941
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