It feels like we’ve reached a tipping point in production. Laying off senior producers, overworking younger less capable resources then having to rehire those seniors as freelance when the dam breaks

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It’s kinda like that in post too - I hear my rate is too high. Then I get called in to ‘fix’ the edit of the junior editor they hired for cheaper ... and if they’d just hired me in the first place I could have done it faster and they would have saved money overall 🤷🏻‍♀️

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EIP1: But us freelancers have zero benefits - so we HAVE to make more $$$ to pay for health, dental and contribute to our 401k’s. Plus we have to pay quarterly taxes. It’s no bed of roses.

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Sorry - I am now a freelancer myself (i was speaking about the recent past). I didn’t know then, what I know now. I completely understand the discrepancy - however, when you first see it. It does bring some ire

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That describes my last gig exactly. Lay off experienced producers and replace with kids. Even though it takes two kids for one role. And when the sh&t hits the fan, bring in a freelance EP. Good times.

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Wow. That’s exactly what happen in my former place of employment....and not to add fuel to this fire, but seeing how much those freelancers were making comparatively- ooh, that made me more mad.

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Not to mention, clients think they are paying for roles that are not being assigned to the projects- so the work suffers by being 1- understaffed and 2- a mess because inexperienced employees are running projects. At the end of the day- when you wonder why work is mediocre, this is why.

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