I'm not trying to get flamed or anything here but Indian artists have
families and kids too you know! And we are going through the same
uncertainity as you guys are. There are talks of people laid off in the
Indian studio as well, what happens to those artistss' families and their
children who goto schools ? Unlike the US, India has a very very small
number of good studios where a local artist might find work get a decent
salary and for most people DreamWorks India is the only option available as
of now. In a country where average starting pay in this industry is Rs.
25,000 which is roughly $500 / month and a little 1BHK little apartment's
rent cost is Rs. 10,000 ($200)..It becomes really hard to survive even
WHILE having a job. I am not saying that the India studio is anything
special but yes we do contribute to the DW by doing parts of movies, DVD
work and TV shows. We have no unions to look after us either!
As rightly said before, its the managements decision to open up studios in
India and China. DW opened up a studio in Bangalore and offered a job and
some people took it, whats wrong with that? Where is the artists fault
here? ... And what do you think the Indian artists are going, "Yea! fire
those american artists in GLD and PDI, we don't care!" !? .. No, we are
not. We are all in the same boat and we share the same concern.
Its somewhat ignorant to blame the artist in another country for the
layoffs which are affecting all 3 locations of the same studio. And its not
the artists fault, American or Indian or Chinese, its how the market is
currently. Its just shitty! .. The Information & Technology industry has
gone through a massive layoff in the recent times and so has the Consumer
Industry. Many US only companies have also closed down in the recent past
and laid off hundreds of workers, who do they blame for taking away their
jobs!? .. Its just the financial markets which are in a bad bad shape right
now and companies are trying to stay afloat by having less workforce and
making them do more work.
PS : To the guy who said he doesnt wanna move to a third world shitty
country...clearly you have never taken part in an intelligent grown up
conversation before and I am amazed at your ignorance towards the world.
Calling some other country which you haven't even visited a shitty country
is a pretty big judgement call, and considering the current job scene you
should feel lucky IF you are even asked to move in order to keep your job!