The industry as a whole is pretty "gig-based" right now. Many rely on short contracts simply because they don't have the work lined up after the project they're actively crewing for, this leads to there being and active "churn" in the talent pool. People know their contract is only for a month, so speak to other companies and line up their next contract. Nothing really to do with Outpost (or any other company, to be honest), that's just the way the industry behaves right now. Add into that the rules around tax breaks and you end up with some artists able to work from abroad on one project, but are unable to work on another project that is taking advantage of those tax breaks because the rules say they cannot send or allow it to be worked on abroad.
Yep its happened a few times where I'm at recently. Its a shame as you lose good talent and sometimes end up with someone less suited to the position filling their space.
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u/Bones_and_Tomes 20h ago
The industry as a whole is pretty "gig-based" right now. Many rely on short contracts simply because they don't have the work lined up after the project they're actively crewing for, this leads to there being and active "churn" in the talent pool. People know their contract is only for a month, so speak to other companies and line up their next contract. Nothing really to do with Outpost (or any other company, to be honest), that's just the way the industry behaves right now. Add into that the rules around tax breaks and you end up with some artists able to work from abroad on one project, but are unable to work on another project that is taking advantage of those tax breaks because the rules say they cannot send or allow it to be worked on abroad.