The Insanity of Early Compensation

"It is absolutely insanity. The idea that they are hiding your future residuals in your initial compensation," she said. "They're basically saying, Hey, you know, we're going to pay you your ask of $50,000 say, but 10 or 15 grand of that is going to be you borrowing againstyour future residuals" She was able to limit that percentage to 15% for Netflix only in the rest of our television and film contracts with other employers.