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Unions aren't doing themselves any favors. I worked a job in NYC once installing a custom stage/set that we had built in Phoenix. It was full of arduinos, cus
by blhack 8y ago
Unions aren't doing themselves any favors.
I worked a job in NYC once installing a custom stage/set that we had built in Phoenix. It was full of arduinos, custom lighting controllers that i built, custom blinkenlights panels that I had built, custom robotics elements. Just all sorts of completely custom one-off elements.
It was a BATTLE with the union labor that even get it installed on time. They had absolutely no idea what any of the stuff we were doing was, they worked at a snails pace, they took breaks seemingly every 30 minutes, they were expensive, and we HAD to use them even though our fabricators were on site for the install.
It was one of the most infuriating experiences I have ever had. It was like some sort of bizarre nightmare. Worst of all, they used stupid duct tape on all of our cables and gummed them up!
- 52-6F-62 8y agoWait— a stage union? Is that IATSE down there? I wouldn’t paint them all like that. Some of their members are brilliant and taught me a lot. Others were negligent cokeheads... but most of them got the job done. Sounds like a bad crew more than anything. Edit: can confirm the gaffer/duct tape thing, though. I once worked fixing up high voltage/amperage cabling and distro equipment. They always taped that gear to hell and it was terrible to clean and fix up.
- blhack 8y agoI mean, probably a stage union? The issue is we weren't just putting up flats and hanging lights. This was all completely custom fabricated stuff for a trade show.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoYeah I worked directly with guys who built some high-quality custom controllers. They most-often had to be members of IATSE to work those gigs.