HOW I FAILED AS A HOD
It helps to be liked, it really does, but some people aren’t going to like you, and you aren’t going to like them – and you have to accept that.
THE ART OF NEGOTIATION
Talking about money can feel awkward. But the more you do it the more natural it becomes. But where do you start?
MY FIRST JOB AS A COSTUME SUPERVISOR
I remember the designer being massively behind with the set so I stayed one night to help paint it. And on opening night everything costume-wise was as ready as it could be, so I asked if anyone needed any help. The FOH manager asked me if I could hoover and then watched me do it. Keen, foolish, underpaid and exploited.
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
I should have stood up to my boss, I should have told him that I wouldn’t be doing any more overtime unless we agreed on an overtime rate and I should have done it in front of the other people working there.
