Client wants me to train/manage the editor replacing my work while cutting my retainer by 27%. Thoughts?
Client currently pays my business $5.5k/month for \\\~100 paid ads. They’ve hired their own $2.8k/month overseas editor and want to reduce me to $3.5k for 32 higher-quality ads + $500 to train/manage their new editor and help scale him from 75 to eventually 150 ads/week.
I’m concerned I’m taking a $1.5k pay cut while being paid $500 to transfer my knowledge/processes to someone who could eventually replace much of what I do. On the flip side, it could move me upstream into more creative direction while removing a lot of low-value execution. For context I have an existing internal editing team.
Would you take this structure? And what would you charge for managing/training their editor?