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>be me
>work at pre-debut small-time vtuber agency
>red flags right out of the gate
>imposter syndrome
>want out but like the job, boss talks me out of quitting multiple times
>pic related
>first payday, nothing
>get lied to multiple times about why we aren't getting paid
>staff are on the verge of being done after second month of no pay
>try to keep the ship together
>hold out for hope
>pic related
>have one bad interaction with a talent over fears of their safety
>didn't want her to Kermit to Suicune
>month later
>"anon we're firing you for innapropriate behavior"
>"can i atleast get paid?"
>"yeah"
>ghosts me
>pic related
>boss immediately throws me under the bus to everyone
>staff keeping me up to date on the dumpster fire
>months go by
>eventually all talents go on hiatus, because they're not getting paid
>no one says anything either because they're already done with the place or holding out for hope
>fans continuously waiting and hopeful of a return, willfully ignorant
>many months later
>practically total silence from the company other than an odd post here or there, 1 talent part-time streaming still out of 9
>company sold merch months ago that never got fulfilled, no one's able to get an update
>community reaches out to me
>tell them the truth
>company immediately reacts with an apology promising to set things right
>immediately ghosts everyone, CEO deletes accounts, runs away
>they're still out there somewhere in the industry
>pic related
>over a year later
>look up company's talents
>see they've mostly all moved on
>hope they're doing much better now
>happy one of them is streaming to 3 digit viewers
>tfw now have trust issues
>tfw reinforced depression
>tfw bunch of godtier vtuber models squandered because CEO was a dumb fucking piece of shit
