When agencies fail...
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- shellie0
@ bigtrick - An old employer contacted me about some old files. They archived those files, and should have anything they need from me many moons ago.
I think it's inappropriate that anyone from there contact me about anything, seeing as a bunch of the freelancers I employed through them including myself were not paid in full for a handful of projects (including whatever it is they're trying to retrieve). We waited a full year later to get partial payment, and basically told we should be happy we're getting that. Rather than giving them a raw piece of my mind which is pretty pointless at this point, I just let them know they need to check their archived files and defer to that for any future inquiries.
I can't process how a business owner that is in the business of selling our creative work could justify treating talent this way and manage to sleep at night. I'm so angry for the freelancers I worked with there who trusted them because they trusted working with me. I'd love to see the same kind of equity in the creative work people do reflected in the way those creatives are taken care of by their employers.
I started my own production company a while ago now. My conscience drives a lot of the decisions I make when it comes to how I treat the people I work with and hire. But, I've found that there's a lot of really wack logic that goes on with small and large shops alike.
- Out of principle I probably would have ignored the file request. You are 100% right that they should have their shit together.monospaced
- together. The nerve they have to ask for help from someone they treated so badly. Hope to meet you next time you're in NYCmonospaced
- NYC. I missed you last time, but Eddie assured me it was fun times. Who won the contest?monospaced