Tommy Dorfman Reveals She Earned $29,000 Before Fees - for Season 1 of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’

[hewontgo]

Tommy Dorfman did not hold back about the low wage she received for season 1 of 13 Reasons Why - even as the series turned into a cultural phenomenon. https://t.co/qwjeqKgLrQ
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 25, 2023
Tommy Dorfman did not hold back about the low wage she received for season 1 of 13 Reasons Why, even as the series turned into a cultural

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[belle_chouette]

I know that’s still a lot of money for the average Joanne but just absolutely not proportional to what Netshits makes off the series. Barely qualifying for insurance is horrifying, like how are you ON TV and we have the same problems??

[maishi_obuki]

29K is just barely above the poverty line. Her income after paying agents and others is literally poverty wages.

[belle_chouette]

Oooooof. Didn’t word it properly, I meant a lot of people will read 30k for 8 eps and assume it was just eight regular work days - or maybe 8 weeks - and not check if the math is mathing or consider her expenses.

[euraylie]

It’s incredibly low, but is Netflix actually making money like that from these shows?
Streaming, the way I understand it, just seems a fundamentally flawed system, unfortunately. Most streamers, I believe, have yet to see any profit (Netflix might be the only one)
And that’s because the number of subscribers is obviously finite, there are no ads, and they insist on funnelling millions into a few awful movies a year (See The Grey Man)…I’m assuming that’s money they never get back.

[belle_chouette]

I know they weren’t profitable for a long time but I assume having successful shows on your roster makes it easier to secure additional funding/loans? And it probably also helps with the valuation of the company?

But then look at what they proposed to pay some of their executives this year: "Executive Chairman Reed Hastings is set to receive a $500,000 salary and $2.5 million in stock. Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters will each collect an annual salary of $3 million. Sarandos stands to receive an additional $20 million in stock, and is eligible for a bonus of up to $17 million. Peters will collect $17.3 million in stock and a bonus of up to $14.3 million."

All on all they were apparently set to spend $166 million in executive pay packages!!?1

[euraylie]

Oh yeah, there is definitely no doubt that the high uppers are paid ridiculous amounts. It’s been an ongoing trend and further widening of the gap.
Wasn’t the statement that the CEO of Disney once made 30x the amount of the “lowliest” employee, but now Iger makes 800x that.
But I still think there will have to be drastic changes made to streaming as we know it. It’s not sustainable.

[bellwetherr]

29K across 8 episodes is 3,625 dollars an episode