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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by marcosdumay on Monday August 07, 2023 @09:09PM (#37043168)
> WHY are they agreeing to this?

Because they don't know that they won't actually get any money at the time they agree.

The "creativity industry" scamming people is a tale as old as the industry.

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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by redeeman on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:28AM (#37046910)
In the cases where theres scamming involved, thats scamming. If the industry generally has a high scamming %, then demand upfront pay. This might result in some lost work, I have had a couple of clients I demanded upfront pay from, and I have also lost some due to it, but I will not be scammed
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