The Writers’ Strike & Negotiating Your Dream Job (feat. One of John Oliver's Writers)

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Rich Girl Taylor Kay Phillips is spilling all the tea on the Hollywood writers' strike—and giving us the inside scoop on a career in writing for television. We also cover the broader implications of negotiating for a fair wage, including a few tactics to try when you're exploring a dream job. For more negotiation tips: Check out this week's blog post for tactics specific to salaried workers: https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/salary-negotiation-tactics-for-increasing-income Check out this week's YouTube video, where we unpack the tactics mentioned in this episode in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDcsgLCfUg Learn more about our sponsor, Vin Social: https://www.vinsocial.vip Learn more about our sponsor, Fidelity: https://fidelity.com/stocksbytheslice Learn more about our sponsor, Betterment: http://www.betterment.com/moneywithkatie Transcripts can be found at podcast.moneywithkatie.com. — Mentioned in the Episode The Writers' Strike Deadline Is Here, from The Town with Matthew Belloni: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni/id1612131897?i=1000611351559 The 2007 writers' strike and the economic impact: https://www.vox.com/culture/23696617/writers-strike-wga-2023-explained-residuals-streaming-ai Zendaya's salary negotiation for Euphoria: https://www.gq.com/story/zendaya-euphoria-season-3-one-million-dollars-per-episode-salary — Follow Along at Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneywithKatie Follow Money with Katie! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie Subscribe to The Money with Katie Newsletter - Sign up for free today: https://www.morningbrew.com/money-with-katie/subscribe/2 Follow the Brew! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They called me and I was in a coffee shop and they said do you want to write for last week's
0:06.0	night with John Oliver?
0:09.6	And I, I mean, it was the biggest moment of my life.
0:14.6	It was everything that I had been working for and because of the union, because what other
0:21.9	people had negotiated for me, because there were other people, there were other 30-year-old
0:26.9	women outside at, you know, 6 a.m., walking around trying to shut down some type of show
0:35.9	that I could just say yes, because I knew what the negotiations had resulted in and I
0:41.6	knew what my salary was going to be and that I could afford to live.
0:45.0	I knew that I was going to get insurance with one cycle.
0:48.6	I knew that so much of this had been negotiated for me and there are so many people that want
0:54.8	the job that I have and there are so many people who are qualified for the job that I have
0:59.5	and because of the union, it doesn't turn into who will do it for $5 an hour.
1:05.0	Who will do it for exposure?
1:06.9	How can we get you to the lowest level?
1:20.9	Welcome back to the Money with Katie Show, Rich Girls and Boys.
1:24.5	I'm your host, Katie Gatti Tossan and today we are covering the Hollywood writer strike.
1:30.4	Now, normally, we don't really cover current events, but a listener reached out who writes for John
1:36.7	Oliver and we started talking about the strike and it occurred to me that there are broader
1:41.3	implications for other people who do creative work or who find themselves in a negotiating position
1:47.8	for their dream job.
1:57.0	So a little background on what's going down before we get into the conversation with Taylor,
2:03.5	the writer's Guild of America or WGA is a union of more than 11,000 writers for television
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