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What does it mean to "hoard talent"? Pay high wages? I'm sure they've done plenty worth penalizing, but not that.

• vundercind 3y ago
  Eh, there’s kinda precedent in entertainment specifically, from the days of the studio system. Though made up of a bunch of “free choices” the situation was still kinda shit for both consumers of film and actors. So it may or may not be a good description of what’s happening, but it’s not a ridiculous notion.
• johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >“I mean, we were just sitting there,” she said. “You had to fight to find work.” >“It kind of seemed that Meta was hiring people so that other companies couldn’t have us.” >“They were just kind of like hoarding us like Pokémon cards,” she said. “It was a very strange time to work there.” https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/workers-at-meta-salesforce-say-they-got-paid-to-do-nothing/ https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/workers-at-meta-salesforce-say... People who are dismissing this as "well they got paid well" aren't seeing the bigger picture. Artists in the 40's-70's or so were paid decent wages. Then when the company breaks critical mass, they can squeeze out the talent and replace them with starry eyed newbies who'd work for free if they could. 40 years later, we have VFX sudios work on award winning billion dollar moneymakers and still end up shutting down because the studio can't get a good bid going (oh yeah, they are bidding their talent for work now. Another issue). People need to heed the lessons from other industries. These strategies aren't new.