Anonymous asked:
Hey I’m a tech working at fringe this year travelling from Glasgow and back every day. I love my job and general Festival work but the fucking fringe genuinely works you to the fucking grave. Take this for example (just work hours, not travelling):
11am-12:30pm, 4:30pm-7pm, 8:30pm-11pm (I do not get one full day off, just a few hours off here and there) and I can’t go home and get a shower because I need to travel an hour and a half to fucking get one. I’ve also got a day that’s 11am-12:30pm,4:30-7pm, 8:30pm-11pm, 11pm-6am then back for 11am-12:30pm. I go home for a nap and a shower and I’m back for the 8:30pm-11pm shift.
None of the jobs I have are ‘hard’ per say but it’s the staying awake for hours that does my fucking head in. I’ve asked for cover on that 6am finish but it doesn’t look like I’m going to get it. I can’t get any accommodation because look at the fucking rent! I’m paying mental rent, not actual rent of a minimum of £1k. That’s easy 2/3rds of my wages gone on a bed I’m hardly going to be in realistically.
And I’ve got the fortunate side of festival tech work. Also if you know who this anon is no you don’t <3