L. A. Sys Admin needed... 2003-12-06 - By Ultraloveninja
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that's good to hear. Also when you compare to other motion picture
disciplines like for instance editing, there's so little level of
unionization in animation/VFX that it's a free for all for employers.
When people are union it forces the employers to think twice before
forcing someone to work overtime because then it costs...
And then there's the game industry... I sincerely hope that there;s a
bit of hope for those working crazy hours in fear of losing their jobs.
I have a friend who's a lighting artist for a well know game company
and she works 6 days a week 10 to 12 hours a day and no benefits. She
has a decent salary but nothing else.
On the other hand workers are sheepish enough to accept those working
conditions so they can't complain. I personaly said no to the cubicle
ghetto and I don't regret it.
On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 01:24 PM, Sy wrote:
> I myself have worked many years in a company that thought
> it was cheaper to hire few hard working people and have them
> do the job of 3 or 4. It even works for a while... until those
> people realize how badly they are taken advantage of, and find
> another, more reasonable job. And when one of those people
> leaves, it's like 3 or 4 people left the company all at once.
> Also, what happens is that because of absolute lack of time,
> these people don't document properly what they have done,
> so, when they leave, nobody knows how their things work, and
> when their tools break down everybody panics because they
> don't know how to fix them.
> Besides, you can't expect your people to work 16 to 24 hours a
> day constantly... Not to mention the amount of mistakes you
> make when you are too tired and stressed, but these people will
> wake up one day, and realize it's not worth it to completely
> sacrifice their life and that of their families for a company that
> simply wants to milk them for all they have got. I have seen
> companies lose hundreds of people in just a few months because
> they felt no loyalty to a company that didn't care about how bad
> their lives were, as long as it could squeeze as much as it could
> from them.
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: "Ultraloveninja" <ultraloveninja@(protected)>
> To: <maya@(protected)>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: L. A. Sys Admin needed...
>
>
>> I don't know if it's everybody's choice. There's always the crunch
>> time
>> 16 to 24 hours a day of work
>> but honestly I don't think it should be the norm. Especially if I
>> compare to other countries.
>> It's good to work hard but it's better to work smart, IMHO
>> If someone is consistently working 16 hours a day, he or she should
>> pocket the financial profit of it at some point.
>> (and by profit I mean that those hours should be paid at a rate that
>> is
>> higher than minimum wage or whatever that person thinks it's worth)
>> If not someone else is pocketing it and you're being abused.
>> But hey we're all free! Where it bothers me is when the competition
>> (if
>> any, because I think the clients I deal with would be worried about my
>> abilities
>> if they would see me scrambling for 16 hours a day, knowing that NO
>> ONE
>> is efficient 16 hours a day) tries to undercut others by lumping two
>> jobs in one or working double for the same price.
>> They are not doing themselves a favor and they are not doing anyone a
>> favor.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 02:24 AM, Darren Mitchell(VQ) wrote:
>>
>>> I thought we all worked these hours. Hell It's 4:30 in the morning
>>> here now,
>>> I've been here since 10:00 yesterday morning....
>>>
>>> ... But what thehell, I probably wouldn't do it any other way.
>>>
>>> Big D
>>>
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