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Topic: Gone Form GTS!!!
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-03-2002 12:11 PM
Mark, I wish you the greatest luck in your area change. I know you will be successful in your new endeavors. Thanks for all the nice things you did for Josh and me while you were with GTS. I consider you a very good friend. If there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to call on me. Paul
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-04-2002 12:55 AM
Mark,Please e-mail me your e-mail address. Thanks, Steve ------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster
Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-04-2002 12:59 AM
I appreciate the kind words and support!!
In the 5 years that I was at GTS I never received one salary review at all. To be fair in saying, there were two ok bonuses in those 5 years. Ok, after taxes, almost usless, but we gotta pay taxes. Now I'm a pretty patient guy, and everyone here that really knows me would agree with that. On top of my motion picture work, and under the direction of the GTS live theatrical department I also took on light dimming projects in schools, Universitys, and live theatres. Some small, some very large and lengthy. This year motion picture work became extremely busy again with 4 to 5 week trips and only a week or so off in between. At my present salary and with no definite set expenses paid me I finally turned up the heat to see how serious the main GTS man was. My raise in pay, per diem, and commission requests were meager and still well below the 40K a year that Regal pays their top techs. So all in all, I felt that with business being really good again, and looking good for quite a while down the road, that my requests were VERY reasonable. Especially for a guy with going on 20 years experience. Well, I was told they “could never afford to pay that sort of salary”, so I pulled the plug and we parted ways. The thing here is that I could really care less about GTS loosing out(except for one other employee thats been there 10 years). Its obvious the main man doesn't REALLY care about the customers, or what they might be thinking right now... In this case, it’s the customers who are really loosing out, not GTS. There were some jobs in progress, and many comming up soon. Most likely, I will either subcontract and do work for another dealer, and combine that in with the customers that want me to continue doing their work in the mountain states. Or I may just set myself back up in business, and then be there a fourth dealer in the Salt Lake area. Personally, I prefer to stay in the Mountain States area not running my own business but just doing high quality theatre work for a bunch of the nicest customers that I’ve ever had...I love it here.
Mark
I can now be reached at cinerama84106@yahoo.com
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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 975
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 08-04-2002 07:15 PM
Mark:J.Paul Getty ("How I made My First Million") always advised, that when one has reached the ability to do his job as well as possible,
he should take the next step of requesting a promotion to greater
remuneration and greater responsibility. And if denied, leave and take one's abilities elsewhere where they will be appreciated. Best wishes, and keep posting your most helpful messages, full of your experience and expertise.
(I await your new Film-tech photo.) Gerard
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