For three years, we’ve been tracking labor trends in the event service industry. The goal of our annual survey is to not only see how things change year over year, but also give event companies a tool to benchmark their own processes with those of other industry leaders. Here is what you will find in…
Specializing in workforce management solutions for the live event production and services industry, we are excited to announce the results of our 2018 Crew Pay Rate Survey. The purpose of the annual survey is to help event industry professionals better understand pay trends and benchmark their own crew pay rates with those found in the…
LASSO’s annual event industry surveys focus on bringing to light the struggles that senior event industry executives face when scheduling and managing their mobile workforce. For our 3rd annual survey, you will find the top 7 event industry statistics that you should know about from 2017. As with all of LASSO’s surveys, our goal in…
Ever wonder if you’re charging clients enough or what others in the industry are billing for their events workforce? There’s a fine line between keeping your bill rates competitive, while also not leaving money on the table. In an effort to provide you with data to see how your rates match up with your peers,…
What’s in store for the event production industry next year? Well, let’s find out. Recently, LASSO surveyed the top C-level executives at leading event production companies to get the pulse of the industry, better understand their plans for 2018, their challenges, and more. One thing is clear from the results – event production companies have…
Two questions: Are you intrigued to know how you stack up against your industry peers and what they’re paying their workforce? Are you happy with your current crew pay rates for labor and event staff? For a second year in a row, those are the questions we wanted to help you answer so we polled…
LASSO’s annual “Managing Labor in the Event Service Industry” survey polls senior industry executives in order to determine the challenges they face when scheduling and managing a contingent workforce. In our 2nd annual survey, we set out to explore what had changed over the previous 12 months as leading Event companies continue to manage their…
What does the expanding Gig Economy mean for staffing companies? Over the last few years, the gig economy has steadily been on the rise. Traditional 9-to-5 work is declining and being replaced by skilled contingent workers who prefer to work when and where they are most needed. Approximately one in every three workers is currently…
Determining the appropriate pay rates for crew members within live event production is essential for companies in the Event Service industry. Understanding national average wage ranges across a variety of crew positions assists Event Production professionals in setting benchmarks for their own crew pay rates. It also enables them to better understand pay trends and…
LASSO connected with over 350 industry leaders, asking them what was broken in their process of scheduling and managing a complex events crew. Learn what they said in this infographic. For years the Event Service industry has been forced to use spreadsheets to manage events and schedule their crew. Why? Because there are no software…