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Mar 11, 2004, 11:36 AM
Overworked and underpaid
Posted: 11:04 PM (Manila Time) | Mar. 10, 2004
Inquirer News Service
SEGMENT producers of ABS-CBN programs receive only 3,000 pesos to 4,000 pesos for their work in the station's shows.
An insider said this budget has not increased from five years ago.
"We are overworked and underpaid," the insider said. "Talk shows have the same budget since five years ago. Segment producers shoot day in and day out (for this amount). No budget revisions or studies have been made (by the network)."
This is why the production people of ABS-CBN have been discussing among themselves the possibility of moving to other networks, like ABC 5, which is said to be giving production staffers more realistic rates.
Some production people of ABS-CBN stay with the network only because of the prestige of working for the biggest broadcasting company in the country.
According to the insider, "contracted talents sign one-sided contracts with terms mostly in favor of the network."
Comedy and drama writers are also contemplating on moving to rival networks in search for a more humane treatment and bigger career opportunities.
They claimed that ABS-CBN has a take-it-or-leave-it attitude that is the opposite of its brand image of a warm and caring "kapamilya" that it has been projecting through its advertising.
ABS-CBN should stop and take a quick reality check before a mass exodus of its production staff ensues.
Posted: 11:04 PM (Manila Time) | Mar. 10, 2004
Inquirer News Service
SEGMENT producers of ABS-CBN programs receive only 3,000 pesos to 4,000 pesos for their work in the station's shows.
An insider said this budget has not increased from five years ago.
"We are overworked and underpaid," the insider said. "Talk shows have the same budget since five years ago. Segment producers shoot day in and day out (for this amount). No budget revisions or studies have been made (by the network)."
This is why the production people of ABS-CBN have been discussing among themselves the possibility of moving to other networks, like ABC 5, which is said to be giving production staffers more realistic rates.
Some production people of ABS-CBN stay with the network only because of the prestige of working for the biggest broadcasting company in the country.
According to the insider, "contracted talents sign one-sided contracts with terms mostly in favor of the network."
Comedy and drama writers are also contemplating on moving to rival networks in search for a more humane treatment and bigger career opportunities.
They claimed that ABS-CBN has a take-it-or-leave-it attitude that is the opposite of its brand image of a warm and caring "kapamilya" that it has been projecting through its advertising.
ABS-CBN should stop and take a quick reality check before a mass exodus of its production staff ensues.