I keep studying my audition activity like it's a barometer for the economy. The new year started out with a bang -- four auditions in the first full week. Nothing spectacular -- no union jobs or huge paydays -- but good, semi-decent work. None of which I got.
Then ... zilch for two weeks. Zero. All for a grand total of six for the month. Today I thought I was at a callback because it was the same retailer I auditioned for on Monday. Turns out it wasn't a callback but a whole other audition for a whole other set of commercials. So that's a good sign, right? Who says retail is in the toilet? Sure, the commercials pay next to nothing, but at least it's something, right?
So they're running behind and I open up the paper and there on the front page of the business section is an article about this very company I'm auditioning for. They're laying off a thousand-plus employees. Ouch. Which is why, I suppose, they can barely afford to pay their actors.
It's really scary out there.
1 comments:
it's really weird what the economy is doing to certain businesses, like advertising. Case in point, my brother-in-law owns a printing business. The last couple years, his business had been really dropping off. He laid off his entire staff and ran things by himself. But since the recession hit, his business has been through the roof---because local businesses apparently do a lot more printing of coupons, promotional flyers, etc in a down economy. He's been doing more business the past three months than he has the entire 20 years he's been in business.
Bad economy=increase in ad dollars. Go figure.
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