To be really honest here, New York City's labor market is famously exploitative of creatives and depending on the employer the same job can pay $200k or be an illegal internship with a metrocard stipend.
I know an animator who was "interning" full-time for 12 years before someone intervened and made them speak up for themselves to demand a paying job.
Good copywriters are worth every penny you can pay them, but I see loads of legitimate businesses trying to pay minimum wage for fulltimers.
> legitimate businesses trying to pay minimum wage
Of course. This is how supply+demand works. I'd bet every worker wants to be paid $$$$$$. The two parties then negotiate!
After all, when you buy a car, do decide you're going to add $10,000 to the asking price of the car so Cratchet's commission can buy Christmas presents for Timmy? Or are you going to get the best price you can?
Everyone tries to get the best price - employer, employee, salesman, customer. That's how markets work.
Yes, but thankfully markets aren't completely free and the government sets a floor on the price of your labor and things like price gouging are illegal.
And if we all had to negotiate our salaries from a minimum wage it would be an epic waste of time for both employers and job-seekers, so what point are you actually making here?
I was quite directly saying that employers in creative spaces in NYC are taking advantage of salary information (or even labor law) inequality in order to exploit the people they hire. NYC has quite-rightly decided to make this illegal and is leveling the playing field somewhat.
I know an animator who was "interning" full-time for 12 years before someone intervened and made them speak up for themselves to demand a paying job.
Good copywriters are worth every penny you can pay them, but I see loads of legitimate businesses trying to pay minimum wage for fulltimers.