Ok so Scripps is a good place to work and all but I’ve basically hit something of a lull here. My last project was dullsville and my up coming one will be the same. The pay is good but not wonderful. Working in the TV business in east Tennessee under the HGTV, Food, DIY, Fine Living, GAC, Shop at Home moniker is top of the line. Several months ago I interviewed at the top news outlet in town and they were really impressed but gave the producing gig to some chick. They just called me back and are thinking about offering me a gig as a shooter and editor. They will have to match my pay but I’m wondering if I should consider it. Scripps has had a long standing policy of if you work here you’re crap but if you can prove you can function and survive in the world then you must be pretty cool. I’d love to shoot again and picking up my editing chops would be a blast and something I need to relearn.
So if they can match my pay I guess I’ll go. It will be standard working hours and I’ll get to run around a good chunk of the day, edit and go run around again.
All of this on top of trying to get a show made and sold.
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OK, so you're funding the golf thing yourself?!?!? Be careful, my friend. I don't know what kind of flexibility and hours you have now with Scripps, but my brother-in-law has been working with a local news outlet here and his hours are CRAZY!!! He has already decided not to make that his career and is going the PR route instead. Not sure what this job would entail, but I know the newss life can be very stressful, hectic, and time consuming. Prayers on the show, btw. Hope it takes off beautifully, my brother!
Isn't there like a peak somewhere low in the land of broadcasting in East TN? They don't really seem like a mecca for broadcasting. Do you plan on ever moving to a major city, or are you just going to go as high as you can in God's country?
I hope my previous comments weren't discouraging. I didn't intend them to be. The news job could be just what you need and want. I have known several folks in that line of work and they like it, but just work like dogs. It like that with pretty much all journalism, though. Newspaper, radio, TV are all deadline and on-the-spot and frequently ask a great deal of their employees. Whatever you decide, God be with you, my friend.
Here is how I look at it, but it may not help you out;
Larissa has been offered many jobs that pay WELL more than what she gets now... however, she has worked at her current place for almost 7 years, and they NEED her there. If she said to her boss "Ya know, i dont think ill come to work this week" they will say "take two weeks".
You know how to do your job at Scripps, and you are making ends meet financially. My worry would be your side projects. A new job may mean extra hours getting into the swing of things, and may blow your side jobs to nill.
However, Brew is right to some degree. You cant move up sitting down in the same place all the time.
I dont know what kind of company Scripps is, but some companies, when presented with the idea that you have been job hunting will say "See ya!", then again, others (Like Larissas) will say "What will it take to keep you here?"
think hard my friend, and pray about it, that always works.
Production work is strange. In Knoxville there are several production houses that are producing content for major broadcasters not including the 80 million plus homes of HGTV and Food. In east TN Scripps is the tallest dog in the pen because it also broadcasts its own content.
I have expressed interest in leaving Scripps before to my supervisor and explained my situation and he was pretty receptive to the whole idea. News would be a completely different pace from what I’m doing now. The show that I would be going onto would be a magazine style program and that’s why it would be normal working hours not the traditional ambulance chasing headline line crap.
I admire Larissa for staying with her gig as long as she has, I think Scripps Productions has a shelf life and will not be around forever. I don’t want to run from the ship as it’s sinking I’d much rather have already found a life raft. Ultimately I’ve got to find something that is going to challenge me and at this point Scripps though very comfortable is not challenging me.
As for leaving Tennessee, I’m sure that those opportunities will present themselves down the line but while the kids are younger I want to keep them around their family for another couple of years.
The whole reason that I’m trying to develop content on my own is so that my location will not be important. I can write anywhere, fly to a location, shoot, fly back home, post the show and finally send it to a network anywhere in the world. In that aspect owning a production house is sort of like writing a book.
I’ve got a friend with an inside scoop and she’s going to do a little recon for me. I think I’ve got time until I have to make a decision.
Cool! Now that sounds great! I thought it would be a shoot anywhere anytime sorta thing. But, the news mag thing sounds like a good gig. We'll pray for you on it. Hope the golf show and your production company rise up and shine pretty! I'm proud of you Mullins! You really have all those little duckies lined-up!
Duckies all lined up and an apprehensive wife. I want to support Matt in whatever he chooses to do, but the assurance of a bi-monthly paycheck in the bank feels much better than being paid just for when he works. I know his dream is to own his prod. house, but if he leaves Scripps, then that means I will have to continue working indefinitely to keep up insurance coverage. Well, at least until he starts making the "big bucks" and we can afford insurance for individuals. I think Larissa is sooo lucky to have a company see her as such an asset. I don't think Scripps thinks of Matt exactly that way, and that's another thing that is so frustrating to him. Just keep him in your prayers and thoughts while he makes these huge decisions that can change his and his familys' life...
Yes, maam. Y'all are always in our prayers. I am very blessed to work here at Anteon, too, although it was hard to get started to begin with. I have always been very apprehensive about trying to start my own business, too. My Dad owns his own carpentry business and I have seen the ups and downs of that my entire life. The ups are that you make your own hours, set your own pay, and control your business the way you want. The downs are mostly taxes, dealing with demanding, stupid people who have no idea what they want, and keeping your business rolling. Dad worked as a carpenter with someone for about 4 years before he struck out on his own. He also was, and still is a part-time preacher (using his B.A. in Bible) which always provided some supplemental income. He learned the skill, the business, and built a reputation and clientelle as a carpenter. It seems that Matt is doing the same. I hope and pray that it leads to plenty of work and a thriving business like my Dad has. He now has a waiting list over a year long and can come and go as he pleases. His customers know he is the best carpenter in the county and call him or recommend him before anyone else. Matt's an honest, good, smart guy. He has a good chance of going far with some hard work and the right product and contacts. We'll all keep praying that the right thing happens and y'all watch God work!
I also pray for Matt and his success... at times I used to think it sounded selfish for me to pray that friends make it big at thier jobs it big, but on the other hand, I think "This is talent God gave him, and he wants to support his family doing so!" ...and as long as he is glorifying God while doing it... well... except the parts where he is in a bar between shots...
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