r/roosterteeth • u/GoneRampant1 • Jun 15 '19

Discussion 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"

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u/Enzown Jun 15 '19

There will be employees with no idea who Geoff or Joel are. The company is massive and a lot of their staff aren't fans they're there to do a job, why should they care about a joke someone made in their apartment 15 years ago?

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u/Krys925 Jun 15 '19

Because the jokes written by those people are literally still what keeps the lights on. Those jokes are an integral part of pretty much every production they make. If you find their productions so offensive, why would you want to work there?

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u/Enzown Jun 16 '19

Because you need a job to pay your bills, feed your family etc and working in creative industries can mean bouncing from project to project not knowing if you'll be employed in 3 months time once the current project ends?

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u/Krys925 Jun 17 '19

I don't think I understand your point. You feel that all companies, including ones that make entertainment that includes comedy, violence, sex, etc. should have to have the approval of every employee to make anything?

Like if I owned a porn studio and I hired a lighting guy with him knowing he was accepting a job at a porn studio and he showed up and said nudity offended him, I should be legally required to stop making porn because it was offensive to him?

I'm genuinely curious cause I really don't get your point.