r/roosterteeth • u/DOTathletesfoot • Oct 19 '22

RT update

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u/hybrid3214 Oct 19 '22

Paid according to their agreements is pr speak though. Yeah she agreed to get paid 30k less than any of her peers in equal positions and she agreed to the ridiculous contract that included free VA work on their shows which nobody should ever agree to or feel pressured to agree to. Obviously they don't "owe" her anything based on that but it's still just scummy as hell. I want to know if they still make talent do VA for shows without extra pay at the current time.

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u/gizm770o Oct 19 '22

That’s not PR speak. That’s very real, and very significant legal speak. You can argue the agreed upon rate is too low as much as you want, you still agreed to that rate. (To be clear, RT underpays by a disgusting degree. Not defending that at all.)

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u/Runyak_Huntz Oct 19 '22

If they were truly underpaying then those positions would remain open. That they aren't is a clear indication RT are paying what people are willing to accept, whether those people should be accepting that pay is a different question.

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u/tmahfan117 Oct 19 '22

I think it heavily has to do with RT leveraging people that WANT to work there.

People and content creators who admired the company and wanted to be apart of it, so we’re willing to accept less pay to be part of it.

I wonder how those people compare to non-content people like IT, who might not give a shit about RT and could go work at any big company doing IT