Me and a few other colleagues had shoots different yesterday. Every single one of us expressed later that night that we felt it went so badly, we could be fired. Now I’m wondering if...

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there’s something to be said about the company on a macro level, since every single one of us were put into can’t-win situations and forced to “make it work”. Apparently we’ve all been feeling this way for a while but it’s so taboo to talk about that sort of thing with colleagues. This industry can be so cut-throat.

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