Why don't we all drink some very sexy wine ...
Posted on 11/02/2019 9:48:09 AM PDT by NoLibZone
Four years ago, Christina Mondy arrived in Hollywood like many, with big dreams. At 23, hers was to become a showbiz writer. And like many, the Connecticut native was told in order to get her foot in the door, she first had to pay her dues as an assistant.
After an unpaid internship at a boutique management and production firm, Mondy landed a job as a full-time assistant at a major talent agency. But instead of pushing her that much closer to realizing her writing ambitions, Mondy says, “It all came crashing down on me.”
Over the course of nearly a year, Mondy worked 50-plus-hour weeks, she said, making $11.25 an hour. Barely getting by, she had to defer her student loans. She said she was subjected to constant verbal abuse by a boss, and that an agent had her stake out a comedy club for weeks to see if a comic he‘d noticed on Twitter showed up.
She said she wasn’t reimbursed for gas and was discouraged from seeking overtime pay. When she complained to HR about her treatment, Mondy said, she was told, “’Maybe this industry isn’t right for you.’” After making a scheduling error, she said, she was fired.
Being an assistant in Hollywood has long ranked among the most thankless jobs in the industry. Subjected to grueling hours, low pay, few benefits or protections and the vagaries of monomaniacal bosses, assistants have largely toiled in silence because it was considered a golden ticket to advancement — but no longer.
The plight of Hollywood assistants gained currency last month after “Chernobyl” screenwriter Craig Mazin and John August, writer of “Aladdin,” devoted a portion of their podcast, “Scriptnotes” to the subject.
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Hollyweird refuses to practice what it preaches.
There’s a shocker.
it’s just like any other dream where one ‘hopes to be discovered’
either you have to know someone, or be extra-ordinarilly talented AND hope to get a million to 1 shot at being discovered by someone that matters- OR be super aggressive and either get kicked to the curb, or be given a shot eventually-
Trying to be an artist, actor, painter, photographer, designer etc all hinge on extra-ordinary luck simply because there are soo soo many people contending for the same thing that the person often gets lost in a sea of talent- A Drop i nthe ocean so to speak=—
people going to hollywood need to realize their chance of becoming a success are very very small, and also realize that the higher ups know htis and WILL use and exploit the hopeful to no ends-
Guess what sweetheart. If a glamorous showbiz job was easy, we'd all be doing it. Don't want to work 50 hours a week? Don't worry. The young woman standing in line behind you will.
“Mondy worked 50-plus-hour weeks, she said, making $11.25 an hour.”
Someone cue Jeff Spicoli: “Righteous Bucks!”
In all fairness to the commie, at least Ed Asner would stand up for the little guy.
Eventful? Yes. Glamorous? Hardly.
Drew68 is omitting the idea that the creeps who run Hollyweird are a bunch of creeps.
$11.25 an hour in LA is the equivalent of $1.25 an hour in Des Moines.
Liberalism 101: Blame everyone else for what you are guilty of.
A 50 hour work week? Oh, the horror!
That’s a slow week for me.
Marko
Democrats only want slaves and serfs.
Life is hard.
Life is harder when you're stupid.
Life is extraordinarily harder when you're stupid enough to suck up to ANY Hollywood scum.
Democrats have always preached Freedom while sitting on the veranda, bullwhip close at hand, looking out over their slaves working in the fields. And mixing in a few other activities with any of the more comely ones. Hollywood and D.C. treatment of interns and employees (male or female) are simply the latest examples. BYOKP (Bring Your Own Knee Pads) is policy.
Ever since Hollywood began that's been code for, "doesn't give good head" or "isn't Ho enough".
Why don't we all drink some very sexy wine ...
She’s pretty. I had a hard time feeling sorry for her. It was a dressed up story of entitlement. Once they mentioned “me too” I was done.
She said she wasn’t reimbursed for gas and was discouraged from seeking overtime pay. When she complained to HR about her treatment, Mondy said, she was told, “’Maybe this industry isn’t right for you.’” After making a scheduling error, she said, she was fired.Guess what Christina? With a little effort you can file a complaint with the labor relations board and get all the back overtime pay you were supposed to be paid.
I read the whole article, but found nothing written about what has to be a major grief with “assistants, interns”, and that of course would be the sexual favors demanded of them male, or female while they are getting screwed on the wages.
There was mention in the article about “conditions”. Perhaps that was supposed to be a “dog whistle” on the topic.
Hollywood, which translates to the movie making industry no matter where is comprised of primarily tyrannical, egotistical, narcissistic, self serving individuals, thus the perfect Democrats.
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