Over a week ago, former actors and actresses of Dhar Mann Studios are actively partaking in a protest for not being paid fair wages on the job and one of the kid actresses was fired for having an underlying health issue.
Written in a similar fashion of Dhar Mann video titles, a poster held by Mair Mulroney said “Millionaire mistreats staff…ending is shocking.” The message is clear and meant for Dhar Mann to admit they have not been paid fairly nor has he reached out to them and fix everything in which thanks to himself, he is now tarnishing his own reputation while living in a mansion.
A CEO who signs their paychecks should be held accountable for not paying them according to the contract he handed out to them. The majority of the actors and actresses have said that the pay is significantly low in which they cannot afford to pay rent.
According to actor Colin Borden, he was told that there was going to be a meeting with Dhar Mann. Unfortunately, he did not appear in which they were lied to. They asked for another meeting to sit and renegotiate but the manager told them another meeting will not happen again. Considering the fact that Dhar is their “boss” and signs their paychecks, he is appearing to be a lot worse than the villains on his YouTube skits.
From what we understand about this thus far is that if they are non-speaking actors, they get paid $18 an hour plus per slot time. If they are speaking actors, they get paid $33-$34 an hour plus per slot. It was also said that they won’t get paid the full 8 hours they are working which is breaking labor laws minus the 30-minute lunch break (if required).
It has also been mentioned that if the actors talked with other actors and actresses on set before filming, they would be fired. Not to mention, if they asked questions, they would not be allowed back. Is this the end for Dhar Mann videos? A humbled CEO would be grateful for dedicated and hardworking employees. Unfortunately, the life lessons didn’t do any good for the CEO of his own videos.
However, as there are always two sides to a story, Dhar Mann should come out and explain the entire story of what and why this occurred and how he will fix the issues at hand. If communication is discontinued, more people will leave to the point where no one will work for YouTubers with such high demands, extreme low pay and all around, not so humbled.
If you are a parent and want to go into acting, find another YouTuber with incredible writing scripts and is willing to pay you as much as a regular employer pays their employee for eight hours a day. As someone who used to watch Dhar Mann videos, it is very disappointing to see how the short videos conveyed a better message than the longer videos and with the studio expansion, video content subjects became over the top and acting abilities became extremely cringe.
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