As film and TV production ramps up after pandemic shutdowns and this year’s 'Great Resignation' ripples across the broader job market, Hollywood crewmembers say over-12-hour workdays, short rest periods and under-$18-an-hour rates are 'just cruel.'
Makeup artist Kristina Frisch learned quickly that COVID-19 hadn’t slowed the pace of work in film and television production. After accepting her first full-time job following pandemic-related shutdowns, she discovered the gig would entail working six-day weeks for the entire shoot and never being able to break for lunch . Then, during the shoot, “I went five days without seeing my children,” Frisch says, a new record for her.
Overall, after quarantine, “It was like, we got shut down, so we now have to work longer and harder.”For months, crewmembers have shared stories like this one on social media, detailing long hours, low wages and grueling work conditions in today’s production environment, against the backdrop of new contract negotiations.
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