Again, what Maria said!! There needs to be a "whoa, pardner" conversation as quickly and firmly as possible.
she is very judicious about the way she spends money...
Yeah, well, no offense to her but I hope she didn't get to where she is by exploiting people, which is what my little cynical self is starting to suspect.
I have two relevant master's degrees and have performed these duties for both non-profit an gov't organizations.
AKA, you should be making THE BIG BUCKS. Asking you to be the public face of a business for $20/hour? Frankly, it's insulting.
I'm kind of pissed on your behalf, really. Because I know how awesome you are, and no way in hell should someone try and sucker you into this crap arrangement. NOBODY PUTS BONNY IN A CORNER.
Also - StW is writing up an example case for a class he's teaching, and totally used me as the model for the patient - age, occupation, cat owner. He showed it to me and I was like, "Is this the doctor equivalent of writing me into a song?" He laughed and said, "Yeah, maybe."
I'm beginning to think I should just chuck it all and become a start-up and contract negotiation skills consultant.
Oh, that would be brilliant.
bonny, I don't have any helpful advice, so I'm going to point at what everyone else has said.
The basement is (mostly) kitten-proofed! Trinian is still confined to one room as we try to figure out if it's her or Ruthven that's peeing where they shouldn't be! My agent is in town, and we're meeting up tonight for nibbly food!
So, things are better now than they were. And tomorrow, ZOMG KITTENS.
NOBODY PUTS BONNY IN A CORNER.
Made of awesome.
Cashmere - Jake K. is an alum of a writing workshop I'm going to in the fall. I really like his work and he's been helpful with advice about what to expect. It's wild to see him tweeting with you, though just in a world-bumpy way, not in a world-collidey way.
AKA, you should be making THE BIG BUCKS. Asking you to be the public face of a business for $20/hour? Frankly, it's insulting.
Wait, I do have some advice! Being asked to be the public face of the business, capitalizing on your existing work and name - that ALONE is worth more than $20/hr.
Be careful you don't end up becoming her de facto therapist/shoulder to cry on/Rock of Gibraltar, too.
I am already this.
I sincerely believe that she is not trying to take advantage of me, not in an evil way, at least. I DO fear that she will be super resistant to being educated to the reality of what she is asking.
Her walkers, depending on how motivated they are, can make up to $60 per hour...A pack of 4 dogs at $15 for a half hour walk.
Zen ;)
Jilli, I wished you and Pete calm~ma over in Natter, because I no longer know which thread I'm in.
bonny,
can you get any estimates from other companies about how much these kind of services typically cost? maybe some google searches can point you to salary levels?
I DO fear that she will be super resistant to being educated to the reality of what she is asking.
Uh, let her be resistant. She can be resistant while you're off doing other things for more money.
