tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post3994586311752114738..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: On Overtime (Yet Again)Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-18771918610179275082010-04-27T10:07:51.620-07:002010-04-27T10:07:51.620-07:00Talked to a long-time director yesterday who opine...Talked to a long-time director yesterday who opined:<br /><br />"I worked for a studio that expected lots of free o.t. I refused to play. The studio didn't hassle me.<br /><br />"But there are people at the studio who come in and work ever Saturday and Sunday, week after week. And the studio expect they'll do this, and dumps more work on them, and they do it.<br /><br />"And they have dug themselves into a big hole. They tell me they don't know how to get out. I tell them, STOP."Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-75381459928912924242010-04-26T09:59:45.239-07:002010-04-26T09:59:45.239-07:00>" I was making less money than I was as a...>" I was making less money than I was as a board reviser. I've gone back to being a revisionist. It's less stressful, and I have a life."<br /><br />Classic example of disincentive built into the system. Without animation directors having more creative and financial control over the production, this will never change. TAG could do more to negotiate better terms for animation directors. Otherwise, unpaid OT for artists will continue to blossom and people will be afraid to step forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-55703663712788052772010-04-25T22:07:20.103-07:002010-04-25T22:07:20.103-07:00giggitygiggityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com