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Careers / Floral Designers |
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| Users in this Career Group |
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| There are 630 users in this career group. They represent 16 different countries. You can see the list of users in this career group by clicking on one of the links below. You can also join this career group simply by selecting your current status and clicking "Add Me." |
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45 users are currently in this career. |
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7 users are considering this career. |
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26 users left or retired from this career. |
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552 users have hidden memberships. |
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| (Hidden users have added this career to their portfolios, but have not indicated a publicly visible status.) |
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| Reviews |
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October 08, 2008 |
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I rated floral design at a 5 on a scale of one to ten but it's not as simple as that. The job and duties of the job are very fulfilling and fun for me so I'd rate that aspect at a nine or ten. However, in practice, the job is not all that fun because of ideas and practices ingrained in the industry and because of the low rate of pay for the level of skill and training required.
A beginning designer may start at minimum wage. A mid-level designer (three to 7 years) might make $8 - $10 per hour. A career designer (8 years or more) might make $10 - $14 per hour. These are just ballpark figures and your local economy plays a big part in actual wages. Many shops do not offer benefits such as health insurance. Also, many floral designer positions are semi-seasonal meaning that you'll work a lot during the busy times but will likely get your hours drastically slashed during the slow times such as summer and the month of January. In any case the typical floral designer will not make much money and will likely have to pick up a second job at least part of the year. Basically, a floral designer can expect to make about as much as a cashier at a retail chain store once they've been in the field a few years.
Most floral shops require designers to remain standing for their entire shift even if the work being done does not require or benefit from standing - including such duties as making corsages, doing paperwork, and making bows.
During busy times or times when there is not enough coverage by other floral designers many shops do not allow employees to take breaks sometimes even lunches are not allowed. As floral designers are often left to work alone in small shops they can be required to do an impossible amount of multitasking. They must somehow take phone orders while making arrangements while stocking the display coolers while tidying the shop while waiting on customers inside the shop. Most duties a floral designer has are extremely time sensitive due to the limitations of flower delivery times and customer patience.
Many shops are inflexible about scheduling and intolerant of employees unable (due to health or family circumstances) to work long shifts (10 - 18 hours) during the holidays. Remember that each and every one of these hours is worked standing, often without regular breaks and that during holidays shifts like these may occur the entire week!
If those facts don't frighten you, you may actually be right for a career in floral design. Now that we've covered the lows let me share some of the highs.
As a floral designer you will have the opportunity to express yourself artistically all day long. You will be surrounded by beautiful flowers all day long. You'll go home with the smell of flowers in your hair.
What you do will make people happy and bring people together. The compliments you get from customers and co-workers will feel great. The feeling of knowing you helped to make a bride's day special is absolutely wonderful. Being able to share in the lives of many people and helping them express their emotions for each other in a loving way is a great experience.
If you plan on becoming a floral designer my advice to you is to take some time to weigh the positives and the negatives. I'd also advise learning a secondary skill, starting a home business, or developing a secondary career for two reasons: to help pay the bills during months when hours are slim and to fall back on if floral designing isn't what you expected. Floral design has a very high turnover rate. In 18 years of floral designing the vast majority of people I've worked with have switched careers. Sometimes this has been for health reasons such as being unable to stand for long shifts but most often it has been due to burnout. |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| Sylvester Stallone onced worked as a lion-cage cleaner! |
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