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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by esafak on Monday August 07, 2023 @07:23PM (#37042298)
You explained it: they're willing to take a pay cut to work on what they love. That is an expression of the value they assign to what they are doing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensating_differential

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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by Shawnj2 on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:13PM (#37043644)
Yep, only a smaller number of people in the world have the luxury of enjoying what they do for a living anyways
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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by NovaDudely on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:17PM (#37044094)
Yep, working on what you love can make you do things way beyond reason. It didn't matter that you are effectively working for half of minimum wage - at least you were doing that thing of passion... until absolute total burn out. That was 9 years I will never get back, but whatever, I am in a much better place now. Just chill out and take it easy when you can.
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