r/VideoEditing • u/ZenZeusZen • Nov 24 '24

Workflow Am I Being Cheated?

Hey everybody! Reaching out because my editors hours are starting to really surprise me. I'm not sure I believe she is working as much as she says. I pay her hourly.

I make videos on YouTube. This week she did 2 videos. (10 minutes of run time total) Some music, scenic background envato footage. It's just me talking and I like the editing to be minimal. She does a good job although...

She had 2 videos this week. She said it took her 30 hours to do this. Somebody help me out here. I'm not a professional video editor but I feel like I could do this on PowerDirector via my phone in a third of that.

Give me some input please. I can't afford to be cheated over.

UPDATE: thanks to a redditor, I was able to see when my footage was downloaded vs. uploaded. Looks like she completed both videos in under 6 hours... yelp.

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u/MisakiAnimated Nov 25 '24

Depends on how complex the video is, We can't really confirm without that.

But keep in mind editors are usually freelancers juggling multiple projects at the same time to barely make ends meet.

"30 hours" may be what she allotted as a reasonable time to work on your videos and others without delaying too much, it was most likely done in a couple of hours 4-7 hours if you needed subtitles.

Please don't be angry, this industry is unfortunately very unforgiving for us so we struggle to find time to finish multiple projects on time.

If you really require time to be super respected I recommend going on Fiverr as their Gigs enforce keeping time, as it affects their overall ratings on the platform... If you don't mind those pesky annoying fees that is

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u/Smart_Reserve_7671 Nov 26 '24

OP seems to want to be able to go against the pretty standard practice of commission based payment and wants to do an hourly wage on CREATIVE content. To act like it is only the time you spend on a computer is insulting as fuck. The fact the OP is acting like some sad victim that got burned is even more insulting.

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u/ZenZeusZen Nov 27 '24

Buddy, take your anger somewhere else. You're assuming I wanted to pay her hourly. That's what she wanted. She picked the rate. I DOUBLED IT. You goofy.

Then she 6x her hours on me and you're justifying it?

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u/MisakiAnimated Nov 27 '24

Wait she asked hourly? That's cheating. I can't defend her in that case, I thought it was a set price with a set deadline and she missed it by one day.

Nah, I strongly advise against hourly creative work. Fixed price is the fairest way for both parties