Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for Five Weddings

Post by p_l » Thu, May 06, 2021, 6:40 AM UTC

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I think everything you read is true, but also I think speaks to the overabundance of supply. To put this in a different light - people (here among all places) are especially sick of firms like Accenture/IBM/etc. of loading up projects with unexperienced junior people and putting absurd markup on their services. Which one do people want? Paying for soccer teams full of inexperienced people learning on the job or promi…

> people (here among all places) are especially sick of firms like Accenture/IBM/etc. of loading up projects with unexperienced junior people and putting absurd markup on their services Are people sick of the inexperienced teams, or are they sick of being scammed ? IIRC, that business model usually starts with a bait-and-switch - they company will send their best people first, to make an impression and get the client…

Post by sixQuarks » Thu, May 06, 2021, 1:29 PM UTC

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I think the whole idea of this being work for $0 is incorrect. The "pay" comes in the exposure and authority the photographer will build after doing this. If you're going to hire a wedding photographer, all things being equal, if one says they did the photos for a show that you are familiar with, or appeared in magazines you're familiar with - that is worth a great deal in marketing value. A smart photographer can bu…

The Oatmeal gives a good response to this. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/exposure As others have said, your argument is popular with business owners trying to avoid paying money to workers, but in reality it largely just excludes anyone who is not from a privileged background.

Post by bigbillheck » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

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> The US continues to support unpaid work in a pretty major way. One of the founding pillars of the United States was the support of "unpaid work in a pretty major way".

That was...not a founding pillar of the United States. It's fairly well documented that the Founding Fathers were pretty much all opposed to slavery, but saw it as a huge political shit sandwich that would jeopardize Federalization. The United States is one of the only unions on the planet in which every single member state (without exception) voluntarily ratified and agreed to join. Had the Founding Fathers pushed f…

Post by walkon » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:47 PM UTC

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If someone makes you an offer and you say, "no" and they walk away, that isn't predatory.

If you offer someone with the expectation they can't say no, that is in fact predatory. Many of these people have been loongg without work, I doubt they didn't expect people to bite thinking this is their big Hollywood break. I can offer a bum $1000 to stab a guy for YouTube, but if he happens to say no and walks away, that's not predatory? I know it's a stretch, but that is the core argument you are making

Post by lurkerasdfh8 » Thu, May 06, 2021, 5:57 PM UTC

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holywood is based on it too. I gues netflix will merge the worst of both worlds. The actors guild union actually demand you work as a almost-no-pay extra/support for several productions before you are even admitted to the union. not to mention the informal but prevalent culture of "assistants" where people stabilished in the industry takes in people they treat as literal vassals doing errands.

>The actors guild union actually demand Not sure this is true. Can you point to where in the bylaws this is stated?