TITLE

How Low Can You Go?

AUTHOR(S)

Milliot, Jim

PUB. DATE

July 2009

SOURCE

Publishers Weekly;7/13/2009, Vol. 256 Issue 28, p25

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses figures from "Publishers Weekly's" annual salary survey for 2009. The data indicated that 35% of publishing employees did not receive any raise in 2008, while 21% received a raise of less than 3%. Meanwhile, in 2009, 70% of respondents reported that a salary freeze had been instituted by their company. In addition, the number of employees who received bonuses in 2008 declined to 45% from 53%.

ACCESSION #

43250079

Tags: PUBLISHERS & publishing -- Officials & employees;  WAGE surveys;  WAGE increases;  BONUSES;  WAGES

 

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