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Say it with me again: "Exposure" is not payment. People can't pay the rent with "targeted marketing." https://twitter.com/M_Fojtasek/status/1380113529638903822
Good grief, do better, @AustinFC. Restaurants in particular have been hard hit by all the pandemic/icepocalypse/2020-2021 hell in general and could really use the cash right now.
This shouldn't need to be said, but don't work for "exposure" or any other kind of unpaid/inadequately paid scheme. Your time and labor are worth money. Every time someone gives it away for little-to-free, it lets companies think they can get away with not paying fairly for work.
Also, a big PSA for auto writers—the press trip/press car isn't a payment. For one, that's your time, and the piece you turn in about it is worth money. Two, you're not working for the OEM, or at least you shouldn't be. Don't confuse "free use of car" as payment. That car's work.
