Bayonetta OG Voice Actress Calls For Boycott of Bayonetta 3

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KLXVER said:

sc94597 said:

Failed to address the point that if somebody has a full-time job, they are highly unlikely to have the availability necessary to be a VA. Given that VA work demands that availability, those paying for it need to pay for the opportunity cost, not just the actual working hours. Otherwise nobody would VA. 

And that is why the rate is $250 /hr. Nobody would be a VA if it paid $15 /hr for 16 hours per week once every few months. That is fundamentally different from the nature of a landscaping business. 

Well they have a choice. Do voice acting or have a full-time job. If you can balance both because you have a job where you can pick your hours or you work from home or whatever, then great.

"Well they have a choice" leads down a pretty rough rabit hole. Imagine if all labor laws were constructed with that attitude (and the U.S, as an example, is really close to that reality as it is.) We'd all be living in a Second Gilded Age (if we aren't already.)

Fortunately, in developed countries people recognized that employment negotiations aren't necessarily balanced and laborers need protections. Even part-time laborers and even contractors. 

Basically your argument is that if somebody chooses VA work they deserve to potentially fall into the half who don't make a living wage, but they have that choice, so it is okay and we need VA work to be done. ?