How much income are you losing to the covid-19 pandemic?

PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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My work is mainly around public events (music, dance, theater, public speaking), and pretty much everything is canceled. I still have my base salary I'll make doing maintenance and paperwork (for now; fingers crossed -- I do have a contract), but none of the extra income (OT, extra gigs, equipment rentals, etc). So far this month, I'm losing around $1500-$2000 already, and likely the same next month as well due to cancellations.
 
hanimmal

hanimmal

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PJ Diaz said:
My work is mainly around public events (music, dance, theater, public speaking), and pretty much everything is canceled. I still have my base salary I'll make doing maintenance and paperwork (for now; fingers crossed -- I do have a contract), but none of the extra income (OT, extra gigs, equipment rentals, etc). So far this month, I'm losing around $1500-$2000 already, and likely the same next month as well due to cancellations.
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Wish you the best man, it is going to hammer the service/entertainment industries.
 
PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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hanimmal said:
Wish you the best man, it is going to hammer the service/entertainment industries.
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Yeah, the IATSE Union President is canvasing congress and the white house hard to include Entertainment workers in any relief package: https://www.iatse.net/news/iatse-president-calls-congress-pass-relief-package-includes-entertainment-workers/

I should be ok myself. Like I said I have my base salary still, and a bit of savings, just need to tighten the belt for a bit. Most everyone else in my industry is suddenly unemployed for an indefinite amount of time.
 
Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence

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I'm a DJ and stage tech.

My weekly was slow this past week. but our capacity is under what the city has shut down. We might actually see a slight uptick in the coming weeks, as the larger night clubs are shutting down for a minute.

But, I lost two upcoming weekend gigs to the tune of $250 a piece, and I was supposed to work 2 days at a music festival that was cancelled. That one was going to pay me $1000.

I'm probably gonna have to cancel a one off party I was going to do in July. I haven't paid any deposits yet, so I wont lose money. But I tend to make 5 to 10k when I do my own parties. I sat down yesterday with the guys doing the music fest that was cancelled, and they lost close to 100k just in deposit fees - DJs, sound, security, lighting, etc.
 
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PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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Johnny Lawrence said:
I'm a DJ and stage tech.

My weekly was slow this past week. but our capacity is under what the city has shut down. We might actually see a slight uptick in the coming weeks, as the larger night clubs are shutting down for a minute.

But, I lost two upcoming weekend gigs to the tune of $250 a piece, and I was supposed to work 2 days at a music festival that was cancelled. That one was going to pay me $1000.

I'm probably gonna have to cancel a one off party I was going to do in July. I haven't paid any deposits yet, so I wont lose money. But I tend to make 5 to 10k when I do my own parties. I sat down yesterday with the guys doing the music fest that was cancelled, and they lost close to 100k just in deposit fees - DJs, sound, security, lighting, etc.
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Yep, it's harsh. We're returning deposits for April events, but not sure beyond that. Someone wanted to cancel for a June event and wanted to know if they could get their deposit back. Not at this point..
 
Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence

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PJ Diaz said:
sfist.com

SF Bars With Capacity Over 100 Ordered to Close For Seven Weeks; Restaurants Told To Limit Capacity

An order went out late Friday from San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon that forces the closure of bars and nightclubs with official maximum occupant loads of 100 people or more, and this led to the immediate closure of at least two Castro nightclubs.
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That's kinda sketchy for me. This city shut down venues of 250+. We have a max cap of 145. Hopefully they don't kill it all.
 
Cillit_Bang

Cillit_Bang

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I’ve lost £0 and will lose £0 as I get full sick pay from my employer at full rate, so the equivalent of my exact wages I would earn if I was not off. I took 3 months off last year after a bad car crash where unfortunately i quite badly injured myself.. was in hospital for a while, the NHS couldn’t have done a better job if I asked, not only was I air lifted to hospital via helicopter but I didn’t pay a penny unlike USA where you have to pay thousands, UK health care is completely free for us. They contacted my next of kin on my behalf, my family informed my employer and I got full pay for the entire 3 months I was off. Couldn’t be more grateful to the company. If I get sick now from Corona Virus, I know I’ll get sick pay again, so I’m really not worried.

good luck to all those affected financially though! Wish you all the best of luck and I hope for those self employed you can secure additional funds from banks etc to help you get by during this difficult time.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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Cillit_Bang said:
I’ve lost £0 and will lose £0 as I get full sick pay from my employer at full rate, so the equivalent of my exact wages I would earn if I was not off. I took 3 months off last year after a bad car crash where unfortunately i quite badly injured myself.. was in hospital for a while, the NHS couldn’t have done a better job if I asked, not only was I air lifted to hospital via helicopter but I didn’t pay a penny unlike USA where you have to pay thousands, UK health care is completely free for us. They contacted my next of kin on my behalf, my family informed my employer and I got full pay for the entire 3 months I was off. Couldn’t be more grateful to the company. If I get sick now from Corona Virus, I know I’ll get sick pay again, so I’m really not worried.

good luck to all those affected financially though! Wish you all the best of luck and I hope for those self employed you can secure additional funds from banks etc to help you get by during this difficult time.
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your Russian accent is atrocious
 
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