Lahvlann: Now down the reek with a plastic yellow duck - 28th Sep forward

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Hector, de famed and oft-quoted €416K figure is earnings from 2-14, published 2 years later in 2-16:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/ryan-tubridy-and-joe-duffy-top-rt%C3%A9-presenter-fee-list-1.2574342

RTÉ are very slow (2 years+ is the norm) to report the fees paid to contractors under their absolutely BS excuse of commercial sensitivity - yes, because we all know CNN, NBC. BBC etc. are literally beating down the doors of this elite broadcasting talent :rolleyes: to poach them away.

The last published figures were in 2-17, which reported on fees paid in 2-15.
https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-pay-3524877-Aug2017/

We're still waiting for the 2-16 figures!

There's an attempted slight of hand at play even then as these fees make no mention of days worked etc. So a raise in the per day/show rate coupled with increased holidays could net the host roughly the same gross fees figure, with many more days off included in the work year. This allows RTÉ to say (at a topline level) that they paid X less this year, allows X to say "I took a decrease in salary this year" and ticks all the BS PR boxes you need. To get to the real nub of this, you need to examine like with like.

Crude working example for illustrative purposes:
John Bluffy gets €1K per show in 2-14 and does 155 shows = €155K
John Bluffy gets €1.5K per show in 2-15 and does 100 shows = €150K

The key is that John Bluffy worked significantly less time to accumulate roughly the same fees; but both parties can say that fees went down; when in reality they increased on a like for like basis.


These are some of the reasons I created De Wurkday Calculator. The €2,500 per show is an estimate based on 2-14 figures. Now answer me this, do you honestly think they're still on the same day rate 4 years later?

And don't forget, someone has a few extra Brucey Bonus Fees this year from TV:
Lahv Lahn Call Back (+ repeats)
De Papal Visit (lots of hours on that "project")
Simulcast TV appearances during De Beast From De East

But we'll have to wait until 2020 to hear what he took in fees this year.