‘Pay raise’
Moved to New Zealand from US. I’m really fortunate to be honest…. Just need to vent.
Before leaving I ran my own photo studio and cleared 100k yearly shooting commercial and wedding images
Moved to NZ.
Impossible to get traction as an outsider, eventually take a job as a real estate photographer. Salaried position.
It’s not all that bad… decent autonomy etc.
work real hard for a year , step up when needed, companies been emailing us every month about record sales.
Reviews come up-
I got about .5% over cost of living increase.
What a fucking slap in the face.
These fuck-wits have zero value for creatives. We’re a burden they will replace with AI as soon as possible.
Pretty fucking irritated
Might quit this shit.
Sigh.
Am I an asshat for expecting more…
Nah, fuck these motherfuckers.