It’s sort of ironic that this is being reported by Sky News.
Can confirm. It’s absolutely terrible in this industry at the moment.
This is the grim reality behind most young people in Britain tbh. Even if you studied for a pretty sure-shot industry like teaching, emergency services or nursing, you’re likely only really meeting one of these three criteria at best
I have a 1st class bachelor’s degree and just over a year of placement and work experience, and I still can’t find a job in my industry! Students and grads across the board are just screwed right now!
I assume those reporting they’re working under rate or for free are doing so anonymously. My BECTU branch will blacklist you for doing both of those things. We have a line which warns us to turn down these jobs to support others who already have done. 99 times out of a hundred there is a follow up saying the company agreed to rate.
Be qualified and stick to the rate. That’s all they ask.
Definitely a case of boom in various sectors being followed by an unfortunate combination of all the busts happening at the same time. It’s going to be a horrible year by the looks of it.
What I’m curious about is it seems film production for the domestic market has tanked in recent years 31% in 2021 alone. Was that just competition pricing domestic productions out of the market? As in you couldn’t make money out of a production only for the UK market?
The movie industry has been in a massive boom the last ten years or so. The rise of steaming has caused a glut of work and a lot of people got promoted very quickly up the ranks. A lot of people doing jobs they aren’t really experienced enough to do.
But covid really changed the game. Productions became much more expensive to make, and people have stopped going to the cinema. Which in turn has caused cinemas to put prices up to stay afloat which has further reduced attendance and fewer movies hit. Which has in turn caused the studios to reduce the number of films being made.
The actors strike really just put a bullet in the back of the head of an industry that was already in decline. Productions getting more expensive and less profitable at the same time as giving the studios an excuse the shut down productions and further reduce the number of projects.
Now you’ve got a large workforce that have been over promoted, suddenly out of productions to work on.
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It’s sort of ironic that this is being reported by Sky News.
Can confirm. It’s absolutely terrible in this industry at the moment.
This is the grim reality behind most young people in Britain tbh. Even if you studied for a pretty sure-shot industry like teaching, emergency services or nursing, you’re likely only really meeting one of these three criteria at best
I have a 1st class bachelor’s degree and just over a year of placement and work experience, and I still can’t find a job in my industry! Students and grads across the board are just screwed right now!
I assume those reporting they’re working under rate or for free are doing so anonymously. My BECTU branch will blacklist you for doing both of those things. We have a line which warns us to turn down these jobs to support others who already have done. 99 times out of a hundred there is a follow up saying the company agreed to rate.
Be qualified and stick to the rate. That’s all they ask.
Definitely a case of boom in various sectors being followed by an unfortunate combination of all the busts happening at the same time. It’s going to be a horrible year by the looks of it.
What I’m curious about is it seems film production for the domestic market has tanked in recent years 31% in 2021 alone. Was that just competition pricing domestic productions out of the market? As in you couldn’t make money out of a production only for the UK market?
The movie industry has been in a massive boom the last ten years or so. The rise of steaming has caused a glut of work and a lot of people got promoted very quickly up the ranks. A lot of people doing jobs they aren’t really experienced enough to do.
But covid really changed the game. Productions became much more expensive to make, and people have stopped going to the cinema. Which in turn has caused cinemas to put prices up to stay afloat which has further reduced attendance and fewer movies hit. Which has in turn caused the studios to reduce the number of films being made.
The actors strike really just put a bullet in the back of the head of an industry that was already in decline. Productions getting more expensive and less profitable at the same time as giving the studios an excuse the shut down productions and further reduce the number of projects.
Now you’ve got a large workforce that have been over promoted, suddenly out of productions to work on.