I feel like if she wrote a novel, it would either be some try-hard, blatant political commentary or a self-insert fanfic type of YA fantasy story.
This is it completely. I know a baby is a full time job in itself but if she didn't have one can someone share some insights on what an actual work week would look like for a midsized youtuber? She said min two hours to edit a vlog. OK. So how many hours does it take to do the other stuff and does it add up to 40 hours a week? I don't think it does. Say you have 2 events a week, 3 business meetings, a photo shoot and editing, couple of hours of emails a day. Would that be comparable to a regular job? It that realistic? Having spent over a year working from home now I understand how easy it is to get distracted during the day and potter about the house and not actually get any work done. I think some are really trying but are in denial about how hard they work, and then once they have a kid it goes out the window.It's also like, NOW she has the baby as an excuse/reason, but she did exactly this same thing before. In fact I think she's still posting more frequently since having Ines than she did for the year or two prior to her pregnancy. I know her mom had cancer plus the pandemic happened for part of that time, but the point is she's NEVER made a consistent, high-effort amount of content that would even justify her saying she works on it full time, much less saying that she AND Zak work on it full time. I think what they do is talk about how they should work all the time, but never actually do anything. She talked in a prior video about hiring a nanny/babysitter. That seems like a monumentally better step to take than "taking 2 weeks off" which will end with her just as frazzled as before.
Not really a content creator so this is just speculation, but while she said min 2 hours for a vlog, I think that was for daily vlogging in vlogtober/vlogmas, and creating a video that wasn't vlogging would probably take longer if they were driving to different locations to film. She hardly ever does anything that's not a vlog, though. Her sponsored videos aren't really anything more than her inserting a clip about the sponsorship in one of her rambly sections of her vlogs. It's like, I can fully understand how this is a job for 2 people if they WERE working, but she usually goes months without uploading anything, so what are they doing in that time? I also think sometimes influencers DO spend 40+ hours at it, but a lot of it is just reading and responding to comments. Yeah, it's kinda "work" for them, but it's also not really the same thing as a normal job where your "work" is doing things for other people on deadlines with specific results expected.This is it completely. I know a baby is a full time job in itself but if she didn't have one can someone share some insights on what an actual work week would look like for a midsized youtuber? She said min two hours to edit a vlog. OK. So how many hours does it take to do the other stuff and does it add up to 40 hours a week? I don't think it does. Say you have 2 events a week, 3 business meetings, a photo shoot and editing, couple of hours of emails a day. Would that be comparable to a regular job? It that realistic? Having spent over a year working from home now I understand how easy it is to get distracted during the day and potter about the house and not actually get any work done. I think some are really trying but are in denial about how hard they work, and then once they have a kid it goes out the window.
I think it's really rude when influencers never reply to comments. Especially when people make the effort to leave thoughtful ones.I used to be a content creator so I can provide a small insight.
For 1 vlog of over 40min it can take 2-3 hours. Considering the fact that she is not even writing on her blog anymore and that she barely post original content on Instagram (which can also be posted in advance) a day of work should take her 1-2 hours max. And this include legal work such as reviewing contracts for ads.
If she was handling a business on the side and posting as often as the like of Amelia Liana I would understand. But this is not the case.
She is not even posting once a week but whenever she has an ad which means very irregularly. She isn't replying to comments which cuts a lot of time from her "work". Zak is handling the editing and taking her picture which removes most of the hard work.
So all she has to do is pose for pictures, film bits for vlogs and read legal documents. So yeah, she has nothing to do all day.
Yes I guess the contract side of things is big. Getting them, negotiating them, and maybe reports or other admin but this wouldn’t be every day?I used to be a content creator so I can provide a small insight.
For 1 vlog of over 40min it can take 2-3 hours. Considering the fact that she is not even writing on her blog anymore and that she barely post original content on Instagram (which can also be posted in advance) a day of work should take her 1-2 hours max. And this include legal work such as reviewing contracts for ads.
If she was handling a business on the side and posting as often as the like of Amelia Liana I would understand. But this is not the case.
She is not even posting once a week but whenever she has an ad which means very irregularly. She isn't replying to comments which cuts a lot of time from her "work". Zak is handling the editing and taking her picture which removes most of the hard work.
So all she has to do is pose for pictures, film bits for vlogs and read legal documents. So yeah, she has nothing to do all day.
Yeah, it would take an hour max. But if she uses a lawyer (which a lot of influencers do) it means that she only has to sign her name.Yes I guess the contract side of things is big. Getting them, negotiating them, and maybe reports or other admin but this wouldn’t be every day?
Before he also used to drive indie to school too but I assume she gets public transport again now or somethingI wonder what Zak is doing for the whole day these days. He can't be only working for Jess and preparing dinners, is he? He might be involved in the preparations for the house and helping with Ines, but I guess he is not busy for the whole day with this as well.
This made me realize that she started her master's 4 years ago. The fact that 2017 was nearly half a decade ago blows my mind lol. I was in academia at the same time as her master's so I actually liked her vlogtober that year, but it was the last year that I genuinely enjoyed her content. Which is sad to think about how she's still trying to cling onto Youtube as her primary 'job' when the quality of her content has declined so much.But she’s never really had to “work” don’t get me wrong she makes money and at uni she worked for her degree but that was 5 years ago…. Her masters she also did but after that she’s done 0 proper hard work
the fact that 2017 was almost half a decade ago makes me weepThis made me realize that she started her master's 4 years ago. The fact that 2017 was nearly half a decade ago blows my mind lol. I was in academia at the same time as her master's so I actually liked her vlogtober that year, but it was the last year that I genuinely enjoyed her content. Which is sad to think about how she's still trying to cling onto Youtube as her primary 'job' when the quality of her content has declined so much.
Exactly!! It isn't!! Rory and Zak (because of Rory) are just lazy rich kids who waste their potential!!! Jess and her lifestyle (except strong close family and financial stability) aren´t inspirational to me. I wonder whether her family (if not her mum who seems to just don't care, but maybe her dad?) are disappointed in her.... she can tell everyone she is full time working all she wants, essentially she is doing duck all.. when a person in her late twenties says she feels overwhelmed by "planning her week" consisting only of beauty appointments, reading and taking baths in the middle of the day, their parents should be concerned and get her professional psychological! Maybe Jess is depressed and lost, maybe just lazy, either way, in my opinion, this is a result of her lifestyle and lack of purpose.. Get a Job, get out of the house, meet new people, take up a hobby!!!!At the expense of potentially sounding delusional and bitter, how HARD can it be to record some shite and patch it all together in iMovie? is it REALLY that hard? With two people? All while living in a 3+ Story mansion house in the middle of London? While being 100% unemployed? And having never worked a day in your life? Is it really that hard lmfao