VShojo has been scummy for a long time.
Not all VShojo staff are bad — there are a lot of good people.
There were many internal and technical issues, along with a lot of incompetence.
A lot of cool things were proposed; it was the biggest opportunity of her life. The first few months were amazing.
The original contract was extremely predatory — there wasn’t even an exit clause.
Before she left, VShojo owed her tens of thousands of dollars from sponsorships and other things — a fuck ton of money.
When she asked about the money, VShojo kept saying it was “in the works” and gave a fuck ton of excuses.
She made more money in the first few months with Mythic than during her entire time at VShojo.
She asked to renegotiate the contract, but VShojo refused and got upset that she had lawyers review it.
She was belittled and shamed to other talents for using a lawyer.
She warned other talents about payment issues — tried to warn as many people as she could.
She said VShojo had too much power, and it was terrifying.
They threatened to sue her for canceling a stream due to stress.
She went through emotional torment — was lied to, misled, pitted against others, told different things, and made to blame each other instead of the agency.
VShojo had internal leaderboards to make talents compete with each other.
She was considered a “problem person” for raising concerns — told not to discuss sponsorships with other talents. VShojo did everything to compartmentalize them and make the talents feel like they were nothing without the company.
The internal culture was toxic — you had to earn “brownie points” and hope for their support or adoration.
She felt trapped.
She didn’t realize how bad it was or how not normal it was because she genuinely wanted to do a good job and be liked by management.
She had a call with Gunrun due to the Wizard controversy. He told her she was damaging the brand and a disappointment. He said her being harassed was an inconvenience to other talents and told her not to talk to them. Optics were more important than her wellbeing. It shattered her trust and broke her. At the time she needed support the most, she was met with contempt.
When a few of them left, VShojo discredited them — painted them as problematic, troublemakers, or greedy.
They held Nyanners “hostage,” preventing her from leaving just to make the company look good.
Talents were asked to stop associating with those who left. She was slandered to other companies, which ruined partnerships and dream collabs she was excited about.
She felt sick every time VShojo was praised as an amazing company that "everyone loves."
She was in a very dark place, had dark thoughts, and even wanted to act on them. The agency made her feel worthless — like she didn’t deserve anything — and convinced her she was completely alone.
The whole experience was a nightmare.
She gave so much of her heart and mental energy to the agency, and in return, she was manipulated.
I only have time to listen the first hour or so of her stream so I may have missed out some other points
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FP9NqzkPM ( Talking about the stuff) [313:28]
