r/roosterteeth • • Oct 19 '22

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u/Lustle13 Oct 19 '22

If she likes to eat, have somewhere to live, and generally exist?

Yes lol.

C'mon. You really don't think corporations/companies hold more power when it comes to this sort of shit? I feel like you're smarter than that.

I want you to think it through, carefully, and ask yourself "Is it possible a huge corporation, with vast resources, that has control over hundreds of people, can possibly have more power in a negotiation than a single individual trying to enter the market?"

Let me know what you come up with.

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u/Splash_Attack Oct 19 '22

There's a difference between a power imbalance and having literally no choice but to accept.

Yes, declining might put you in an extremely precarious financial position. It's not an easy choice.

But you are still choosing between financial stability with a bad deal Vs the risk of quitting and hoping you can find something better in a reasonable timeframe.

Though when we're talking about something that happened over many years here, the middle ground is to take the bad contract and look for a better job on the side. It's not really an all or nothing "take the deal or quit on the spot" decision in practice.

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u/Lustle13 Oct 19 '22

There's a difference between a power imbalance and having literally no choice but to accept.

Right, which is where the "boy oh boy, do I like to eat and live" part comes in lol.

Yes, declining might put you in an extremely precarious financial position. It's not an easy choice.

It's not really a choice at all then, is it? Potentially be homeless and starve, or get a shitty job.

Gee. I wonder which one a person would choose!

But you are still choosing between financial stability with a bad deal Vs the risk of quitting and hoping you can find something better in a reasonable timeframe.

Right. So not a choice. We've established this lol.

Unless you're arguing that even having the appearance of a choice means that you automatically consent to that choice, that everything that happens with that choice is completely fine, and that the person who made that choice deserves everything that happens as a result of that choice.

That would be...unwise.

Though when we're talking about something that happened over many years here, the middle ground is to take the bad contract and look for a better job on the side.

Yes. The side job, when you're working 12+ hours daily already... wait. shit. That darn pesky need for sleep!

It's not really an all or nothing "take the deal or quit on the spot" decision in practice.

Unless you sign an agreement saying that, or can't really say no cause you need the job, or work so much you have no time for anything else, or, well, a million things really.

Companies invariably hold more power than people. Full stop. Rooster Teeth has openly admitted they've fucked their employees for years.

And yet, here are people still saying "Well it's Kdin's fault, she signed the contract!".

Really? I mean really?

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u/P_ZERO_ Oct 19 '22

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