David Walliams #2

[SunsOutHunsOut]

Apparently he’s committed S today

You can’t just drop that without a source? Come on….

 

[oragisax]

I've just come here to post that I saw on Reddit that he tried to castrate himself in hospital thinking it was probarly alot of rit but now seeing the post saying he's commited... maybe theres something that has happened.
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heres a screenshot

 

[SaLou]

There's a tweet from someone who "heard it through the grapevine". That's all I can find.

 

[Serene Serena]

Apparently he’s committed S today

Any source for that?

 

[Shawads]

It can depend very much on the individual production companies. An HR department isn't actually a legal requirement for a workplace.

Ironically as much as people want to decry them, a big organisation like the BBC probably will have an HR department BUT a lot of production staff won't be necessarily employed by them directly. Instead they'll be likely contracted with a production company (usually for the length of a specific project or a set period) so that's their employer. Just because a show is broadcast on the BBC/ITV/C4 ≠ being a BBC/ITV/C4 produced show either.

And the TV/entertainment industry can have so many moving parts within one production - subcontractors, freelancers, joint productions - that it's really not like any other workplace.

And that's the point. While there's unions like BECTU or Equity, there's no real oversight for the workplace culture. Ofcom regulates what gets broadcast, but not how it was made.

'Management' at the production company I worked for were effectively Project Managers who also handled the employees, with no HR/management training. Hence my issue where you had one boss was really invested in the mentoring and development aspect of being a manager, while the other one was a very hands off, 'learn by doing' person, meaning the exact same job role was totally different based on who you reported to.

Thank you, that’s really interesting

 

[Shawads]

It was basically hyperbole - most tv companies will have HR, but when it comes to complaints against their "biggest stars", they may as well not be there.

So just like hr in a lot of big companies then, and smaller ones tbh, I’ve only recently realised that hr is effectively more for the employers than employees

 

[Shawads]

It is but as a father I would never let my daughter go to the US at 15 to follow a singer before starting work in a newspaper at 16 as she did.

I left home at 16, because home was unsafe in 1000 ways, but I had no idea how dangerous it is to be 16 and without supportive parents or guidance, every predatory mf sniffed me out, and not just the types you would think either.
I was hugely naive and vulnerable

 

[ChastityDingle]

So just like hr in a lot of big companies then, and smaller ones tbh, I’ve only recently realised that hr is effectively more for the employers than employees

Oh yes, it was ever thus, in my opinion and in my experience.

 

[HotesTilaire]

So just like hr in a lot of big companies then, and smaller ones tbh, I’ve only recently realised that hr is effectively more for the employers than employees

That’s literally what it is, I don’t know why people don’t realise this. Workers have trade unions.

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

Oh yes, it was ever thus, in my opinion and in my experience.

Yes I wish someone had told me this earlier in my career. And if you’re in a service industry (ie you don’t make something to sell, you’re selling your time, skills, experience), never forgot that you are the product. And product lines can be dropped if they’re no longer profitable or align with the brand strategy. Except for the entertainment industry where the talent is protected, everyone is expendable/replaceable.

Capitalism doesn’t reward loyalty.