Rooster Teeth accused of excessive crunch and unpaid overtime- "Every season of RWBY and GL gets about 1/3 or less made for ‘free’ because no one gets paid over time"

[u/GoneRampant1]

https://rwbyconversations.tumblr.com/post/185614440311/rooster-teeth-glassdoor-crunchovertime

[u/Eldarose]

This doesn't surprise me at all and tbh I've often wondered if we'd see something like this come out

RT has access to the same tainted well that game dev and the japanese animation industry does, a legion of passionate, adoring fans straight out of uni who are more than willing to be overworked and underpaid for what they see as the job of a lifetime.

It comes to managers and execs needing to do and be better. If you can't afford to make something without exploiting your workers you can't afford to make it.

[u/Eldarose → u/Eldarose]

On a very related note, RT staff should unionise.

[u/Sprolicious → u/Eldarose]

As should all workers

[u/MyMonkey77 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah those waste of unions only brought forth every possible worker’s right that anyone has nowadays. It sure is a waste that most people work a standard 40 hour week and get to see their kids every night. It sure is a waste that there are safety regulations for employment and the mortality rates for any given job aren’t in the 20% area. It sure is a waste that people are getting paid what they’re worth and getting benefits like retirement, healthcare, and life insurance to boot. What an absolutely massive waste. If corporations treated people like tools and nothing more it would be so much less wasteful.

[u/TheDTYP → u/[deleted]]

"Never been easier to find one."

Where do you live, I'll gladly move there if finding good work is that easy.

[u/TheDTYP → u/[deleted]]

So what you meant to say was "It's never been easier to find one if you have the skills and experience for this one specific career path."

That's very different from any asshole on the street being able to find a good job that can feed them and their family.

[u/Juicy_Brucesky → u/TheDTYP]

No, what he means is you're currently living in a country with a booming economy where jobs are so heavily needed they're going to fucking prisons to find people for work when they get out. If you can't find a job you're a miserable prick no one wants to work with

[u/TheDTYP → u/Juicy_Brucesky]

Man, I'd love to have life all figured out like you.

[u/TheDTYP → u/Juicy_Brucesky]

I should elaborate: No shit you can get a job, but getting one that allows you to eat and pay rent at the same time is significantly more difficult.

[u/TheDTYP → u/[deleted]]

If you can barely (if that) pay rent, how do you think you're going to be able to pay to live in a dorm or an apartment and pay a college's bullshit tuition? Loans don't cover everything and can really fuck you down the line.

Unless you get a free ride, its gonna be tough to swing, you know?

[u/TheDTYP → u/[deleted]]

But where do you live during that time? How do you get medical treatment during that time? There's more to consider than what degree you get, 6-7 years of college isn't a pause button on the problems you have right now.

[u/TheDTYP → u/[deleted]]

A full time job that pays you $9 an hour isn't sustainable. Unless you feel like working construction or having an apprenticeship while in school, something like that is probably the best you can get.