Quote from: ShadySue on June 03, 2011, 07:45

Quote from: franckreporter on June 03, 2011, 07:30

I hope that with this morning in Canada will be publicate the new rc target....i'm at the end of my patience...maybe because today (europe morning) seem like a saturday or sunday for my sales !

very very sad...

what is going on. I only had 2 sales yesterday and none for the past 30+ hours. Is today a holiday in the rest of Europe?

What? Yesterday has been great for me, 8 sales. For a pathetic bronze, that's quite an achievement, especially with quite a few P+ files

Ho hum, ebb and flow then. I seem to be mired in the valley of ebb these days. 

Quote from: Slovenian on June 03, 2011, 08:42

Quote from: ShadySue on June 03, 2011, 07:45

Quote from: franckreporter on June 03, 2011, 07:30

I hope that with this morning in Canada will be publicate the new rc target....i'm at the end of my patience...maybe because today (europe morning) seem like a saturday or sunday for my sales !

very very sad...

what is going on. I only had 2 sales yesterday and none for the past 30+ hours. Is today a holiday in the rest of Europe?

What? Yesterday has been great for me, 8 sales. For a pathetic bronze, that's quite an achievement, especially with quite a few P+ files

Ho hum, ebb and flow then. I seem to be mired in the valley of ebb these days. 

Today looks promising as well, 3 DLs already . Someone in the stats thread on IS mentioned a fall due to best match change, so I guess that must be it. I hope it stays this way forever

Finally someone opened a threat regarding the new RC targets. I really wanted to write something along this lines, but this guy did an adequate job as well :

"The strategy on delivery of bad news is late-day on a Friday. People get distracted by the weekend, and tempers cool by the time business opens again on Monday.
Same reason why people get fired on Fridays.
Not saying that this is the case here, just implying. "

Do you think all hell will break loose in a few hours?

Quote from: Slovenian on June 03, 2011, 12:09

Finally someone opened a threat regarding the new RC targets. I really wanted to write something along this lines, but this guy did an adequate job as well :

"The strategy on delivery of bad news is late-day on a Friday. People get distracted by the weekend, and tempers cool by the time business opens again on Monday.
Same reason why people get fired on Fridays.
Not saying that this is the case here, just implying. "

Do you think all hell will break loose in a few hours?

Hmmmm. Lobo's locked the thread. Could go either way!

If the targets remain the same there's probably going to be quite a few imbecils, happy, even thanking IS. If they're gonna raise them, all hell will indeed break loose. I don't think anyone really expects them to follow Istock's DL/revenue falling trends

I have a hunch (for no solid reason) that the announcement, when it comes, will be about more than 2011 RC targets.

I have a hunch (for no solid reason) that the announcement, when it comes, will be about more than 2011 RC targets.

I suspect you are right, I would say a total revamp as variable targets you can't publish til mid year aren't something you want to build a business around.

Lowering them will be seen as a sign of weakness
Raising them as a sign of desperation

$5 bet that the RC targets will be lowered  

they will spin the message into them being the nice guys and want to give back more money to the contributors without having to admit the blatant fact that the company is selling less files due to less buyers this year than previous.

If they dont lower RC targets, they would be acting like the istock we all come to know as of late.

When they delay the annoucement, it tells me one thing for sure, the management could not agree on the targets and they are debating.

"Redeemed Credit Targets: I know that we promised these awhile ago and we have not lived up to that promise. This time, we will. Redeemed credit targets will be announced in three weeks. "

Well, they said they would...:-)

I hope they lower them, at least a little and then everyone can just spend the next months working. It would be nice to have a little peace and quiet without drama. They kept the levels for video and illustration, so why not for us?

Or maybe they surprise us - like adding RC for income earned through Partnerprograms or Getty.

My bet is they won't announce anything today or they will announce they are not going to announce it today :]]

That's my expectation too.
They are in too much of a dire stait:
Raise them: many more contributors are going to go down, me among them. Very demotivating.
Keep them level: lets the world know you're not doing that well.
Lower them: keeps contributors happy, lets everyone know just how badly you're doing.

PTOTW - Silence (iStock management) VS Noise (contributors).

 

Quote from: nruboc on June 03, 2011, 14:04

I say they are staying the same

+1.  This is the most face-saving compromise.

I agree, but i really dread and think they'll be going up at least for us 'couldn't-care-less-about' independents, definitely with the adding of P+...(and maybe stay the same for exclusives or come up with some other incentive for them)..
I also think they'll shamelessly wont publish them today...(maybe monday so its not within 3 weeks but aaaaalmost )