Here's my degree. Look at this degree. I will light it on fire in front of the next person who can give me a permanent position at any level in VFX. If you think i'm bluffing, try me. I'm willing to literally let 4 years and 100k go up in flames, because this worthless piece of paper is nothing without a future doing what i love.
Dan wrote (in response to Ben's post):
I don't believe there any permanent positions in any industry, let alone VFX (which tend to be fairly short-term). Best of luck...
William replied:
There are NO PERMANENT POSTS. There is NO JOB SECURITY. There is NO FUTURE. If you are lucky -- your career will last twenty years (IN ANY FIELD OR DISCIPLINE). After that time you will be cycled out to unemployment in favor of younger and better educated competition. Do what ever you can, but do NOT get a thirty year mortgage. THAT, like the rest of life the USA, is just a rip off .
Most of the readers of this website are too young to remember, but the culprit is "At Will Hire" laws that were passed in this State of California (and the rest of the Nation) in 1995. Prior to the passage of "At Will Hire" laws, your employer had a responsibility to provide you with a stable job and decent working environment. If you were fired for unfair termination, you could sue your employer and get your job back. Prior to the passage of the "At Will Hire" laws the typical work week was 40 hours long and all employers paid their employees sick pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, you had medical insurance and job security. Those days are gone. Today - as an employee in the USA, you have no rights at all unless you have a written contract. You are a machine that is bought and sold like other factory equipment. You are no longer a human being, you are a tool.
Additionally, if you are lucky enough to have a job with some longevity, you will be fired or laid off once you pass the age of 50 years old. You will be replaced by a young college graduate. Your "real career" will only be 20 years long and not 40 years long like you expect. All these changes are the result of the "At Will Hire" laws passed in 1995 that removed all your guarantees for steady and reliable employment and took away your basic humanity. Capitalism has become abstracted slavery.
Prior to "At Will Hire" even most minimum wage fast food workers had job security, sick pay, holiday pay, and a reasonable length work day. In contrast -- At my most recent job at 4MaxPost I was hired the day before my start day in an email. I worked for three weeks. I was let go the day before my last day in an email and neither time did I even talk with my supervisor, or department head (because he was offsite at my last week). I was never told how long my contract was for or anything else about the work. My supervisor gave no reason for the termination and doesn't answer emails.
I am not complaining, I was Happy to work at 4MaxPost and they paid me well. The people I worked with were all talented and hard working. They were polite and considerate. This is my America.
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