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A place to discuss your experience with corpos and auditions. Submissions regarding both current and non-existing corporations.

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/kuro/ Hunting black corps
>Black corp: Ill will, exploitation, undeniable shadiness or sheer incompetence that isnt owned up to


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AuroraLiveVR
>Literally chinashills, zhang contract, wants you to pay 6k if you leave, asks fingerprints, and more
>really predatory+exploitative contracts and work culture, matches claims of staff+talents unhappy and lots of turnover
>https://files.catbox.moe/0ksu5e.pdf

EIEN
>Internally company has issues, likely work culture
>GEN1 was supposed to have 5 talents, but 1 ended up going somewhere else after their model was done.
>GEN2 was supposed to be cast months ago, but by the time they got the greenlight all the prospects walked away.
>Stealth suspends talents, tends to want to cover up stuff as much as possible
>Very controlling of talents, has talents sign admissions of guilt over internal fights/misconduct, isolates talents from internal communication channels over fights/misconduct
>https://twitter.com/EIENproj/status/1665516473794822145 whole situation with Rifu is messy

RE:HOPE
>Posted and deleted a statement about the firing of a staff with accusations of
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvhcltntyki0-Tj2NxU_9Sx2Cjo9QhaD5v_knDZXFCs
>Large amount of staff left
>CEO has past history fucking up another corpo
>Talent expected to leave soon

BondEN
>Awful contracts, cuts are incredibly shit, exploitative tendencies
>Meetings early in the mornings with clueless japanese manager
>People who joined them regretted it which is why they had an exodus of talent
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUpIKllmPqxGndPclpNBRIQcoac0DzPf0kKPgicUV64

PixelLink
>Predatory cut of 80 to company, 20 to talent, issues with recruitment process, 2 year contract
>shadiness confirmed but depth unknown


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Idol
>False promises and expectations early on with unrealistic goals, always patches issues with cash
>Doesnt seem evil but just messy, may be some drama here, need to comb on thread below that seems to have very suggestive info
>https://archive.palanq.win/vt/thread/22846086/#22850018
>Speculation:"front for embezzlement/fraud at worst, a poorly planned entertainment venture with hopes to secure connections for future use, or quite simply a temporary hobby for a wealthy individual at best"
>Speculation:"Backed by israeli government"
>> Have to determine if anything indicates ill will or just messes on the road, just questionable deep pockets here

Phase Connect
>50/50 cut
>Supposedly blacklisted by major indies, other companies, and irl conventions for being a brand risk
>+More on unconfirmed

Cyberlive
>CEO dated underage manager, also claims of abusing and cheating on her, need source+proof
>70% cut to talent, 30% cut to company


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Phase
>Bad pays to clippers
>Gen 3 is rumored to be trying to leave Phase, but are stuck paying off debt of what Phase already invested into their models and assets (they're making the talents pay for their models and assets? LOL)

Nijisanji (not EN)
>make talents package and send all their merch by themselves
>managers take a month or more to respond talent messages
>doing almost nothing for talents and leeching off of them
>Enacts a 6 month PL socials blackout on talents when joining. You are not allowed to talk to anyone but your irl family. Friends and everything are completely banned, anything that is past life related is not allowed you’re not even allowed to interact on Twitter. (Zaion and Kyo broke this rule if real)

NexStage
>Had a 3D concert in a bathroom https://twitter.com/NexStageProject/status/1632531019550138368
>Two talents leave right after debut, and another talent just left two months ago
>>NOT enough to seem black company, just some issues in an event unless more is brought up

V&U
>Mirror Idolcorp spending and expect same return without comparable resources
>deep in the red, cut all merch (gen 1 anniversary and multiple girls bday went without merch) and many song covers and projects

Kawaii
>Runs things like Hololive while having none of the benefits, clout, or audience to justify the bare minimum investment
>Half their company graduated or got terminated for one reason or another

Prism Project
>supposed claims of bad management

Tsunderia
>supposed claims of half the talents disliking the other half

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