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Chris Nee 🏳️‍🌈

8 Apr, 5 tweets, 1 min read

You don’t have to be an asshole to make great work. Period. Tortured is uninteresting. Power excuses nothing.

The powerful asshole who falls will have no one to reach out to. Be the person who always has a friend to call. And be that friend when you’re in the seat controlling work.

I promise you, you will never feel more powerful than when you are backed by a loyal staff. How do you get a loyal staff? Treat them well. Promote them. Teach them.

My teams would (and have) do anything for me. Know why? I’d do anything for them.

But the cruel ‘genius’? Enough. Nothing excuses abusive behavior.

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We are covered under The Animation Guild, which is a weak union. We get health insurance, but no residuals or royalties. We are not tied to the success of our shows.

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Years ago I noticed yet another thing the guys all did - they cast themselves in their shows. The did voices, had a blast, made money and then started getting cast in other people's shows. Suddenly they're writer/director/vo actors and they hired each other.

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I'm talking a lot of my favorite people, Jorge, Dan, Swampy, Alex... and I also noticed that women did it less often. A lot less. In fact, every time I've done it - even at Netflix, I've been questioned about it. I'm gonna guess none of those guys ever got those calls.

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