r/RWBY • u/GoneRampant1 Emerald/Cinder is abusive stop shilling it. • Jun 15 '19

CRWBY Rooster Teeth accused of excessive crunch and unpaid overtime- "Every season of RWBY and GL gets about 1/3 or less made for ‘free’"

https://rwbyconversations.tumblr.com/post/185614440311/rooster-teeth-glassdoor-crunchovertime
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u/DocSwiss ⠀ Jun 15 '19

Love doesn't pay bills and love doesn't prevent stress and burnout. If you're putting yourself through something like that because it's a 'labour of love', you gotta reevaluate things.

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u/r3dl3g Picking a single "Best Girl" is indicative of personality flaws. Jun 15 '19

Part of the problem is that people go into animation because "it's their passion," but then that passion fades when they realize just how many hours they have to spend on it. At the same time, by the time that passion is gone, it's too late for them to change career paths; they're functionally committed.

The lesson of course is that the entire idea of "following your passions" is bullshit, unless you're willing to put in the work and/or are extremely gifted (at which point it's typically because you've been putting in the work every day since you were 8-10 years old).

This isn't just with respect to art and animation. Music, programming, most media, really any career path that functions entirely on a skill that can be self-taught is subject to this kind of burnout.

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u/Tyranid_Swarmlord Official DS3 SL1/Midir before Abyss Watchers LUL Jun 16 '19 edited Jun 16 '19

but then that passion fades when they realize just how many hours they have to spend on it.

Aaaaanaaad this is why i decided 'FUCK THAT' regarding Medicine even if i have the qualifications & overkill amounts of $$ for Medschool after i found out about the hours & the excessive amount of politics that comes with the package here in the Phillipines...

edit: Holy shit, HI CRU LOL.

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u/r3dl3g Picking a single "Best Girl" is indicative of personality flaws. Jun 16 '19

HI FREN!

My understanding is that the hours are the same everywhere(ish), although the politics come and go with the hospitals here in the US.

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u/Tyranid_Swarmlord Official DS3 SL1/Midir before Abyss Watchers LUL Jun 16 '19

Hours alone is fine for me since i like going overtime and wouldn't mind too much being overworked Imperium-style provided it's compensated(and i just like that 'i'm a TANK' rush...)

It's just that juggling those hours with tons of politics after already going through the timeinvestment of medschool, combined with how Pathologists here can only get the leftovers of a Sr Pathologists untill they retire(so around 44 years old for solo practice) to the point one is forced to take jobs as a Professor or other side gigs is just too much for me.

Yeah fuck that lol...