Ashley here. Hollywood gossip maven Nikke Finke is reporting that new mega-agency WME is actually planning on cutting assistant pay from a whopping $13.50 an hour to around $9.50 an hour. Though the amount of the pay cut is still not certain, assistants have confirmed that they’ve pretty been told that they’re just lucky to have a job. And to think that this is the agency being headed up by Ari Emanuel, brother to Rahm, President Obama’s Chief of Staff. At least they’re not blaming the recession.
Read Nikke Finke’s article here and feel free to chime in to the lively comment discussion.
1 Response to “guest post: wait, assistants can get paid less?”