ICYMI | Is $55K Enough To Work At Your Favorite Podcast?

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay talk about the backlash surrounding The Cutting Room Floor, a fashion podcast you may know from its Leandra Medine Cohen episode or its viral Steve Madden interview. Last week, host and creator Recho Omondi went on TikTok to hire a full-time staffer who would be an office administrator, bookings coordinator, and personal assistant. Fans were intrigued until she dropped that this role would pay a salary of $55,000 with no healthcare benefits. TikTok reacted strongly and immediately, taking issue with the low salary and bringing up the privileged candidate who could afford to take a job like this in New York City. Omondi responded by going on TikTok Live and posting a short Patreon episode she titled “$55k Gate,” but doubling down seemed to triple the discourse. Get more of ICYMI with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of ICYMI and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the ICYMI show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/icymiplus for access wherever you listen. This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.1	... Create Anything now. Free. Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
1:09.2	And I'm Kate Lindsay.
1:10.6	And you're listening to I seeC-Y-M-I.
1:12.6	In case you missed it.
1:14.2	Slate's podcast about Internet culture.
1:17.1	And Candice, I don't think I've ever asked you this,
1:19.5	but I want to hear about your first scrappy, like, out-of-college job.
1:25.8	Yes, yes, yes.
1:26.8	Okay.
1:36.3	Okay. Basically, I think I would consider my first out of college job as an intern or I guess we could
1:42.7	consider it like a production assistant for how I built this, the podcast at NPR.
1:49.8	That was a very fun time. I honestly think it really felt like I was in my early 20s, hustling in D.C., like running from studio to studio, passing by, you know,
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