ENO office worker earns twice as much as orchestral players
OperaThe latest job vacancy at English National Opera – head of a team of Executive Assistants – is to be paid £50-55,000 p.a. with plenty of extras and expenses.
There are string players in the ENO orchestra who earns less than half that amount.
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good thing I re-trained
If you’re suggesting that string players in the orchestra are working *full-time* in London for £25,000, then said musicians are fools for working for that amount.
“A team of Executive Assistants”? EAs to whom?
The scent of bureaucracy is potent.
Is anyone surprised? Really?
The Executive Assistant position is full-time, isn’t it? And aren’t ENO’s orchestra musicians contracted per performance, or at least per production?
Not true. All the information is on line. A tutti contract for 7 months (about 100 days of work) is worth over £28k, and leaves the player able to find other employment. Extras are also payable by ENO and expenses refundable.
A senior PA – £50k is the market rate – is a full-time gig. Expenses are not extras. They are refunds of necessary costs incurred.
A glance at any ENO programme will enlighten visitors as to the value of some of its staff. As part of its Executive Office it employs a Director of People, a People Business Partner, a People Administrator and a People Assistant. Whatever happened to plain and simple HR?
HR has developed extensively and has become more niche.
Crazy. Priorities are totally wrong.
Just depressing. There are some theatres where job titles such as Audience Development Analyst and Individual Giving Officer exist. One set of minutes from a meeting I found said; ‘there will be a meeting on Tuesday at 13.00 to discuss the date of the next meeting’.
I kid you not.