Hotel underpays photographer by half, she undercuts their revenue by 70%: 'We decided to talk to the customers'

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  • A woman looks at her camera while standing in an office

    A woman looks at her camera while standing in an office

    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

  • In this story, a woman and her friend were working as photographers for a hotel shop. The owner of the shop was shortchanging them for their work. The going rate was 20% of the profits, but they often received half that or less.

    As a result, they decided to pull off a side hustle behind her back. They sold photo CDs to guests at a fraction of the price of the official store, which gave them back more of their income. They continued to do this throughout the 4 months long vacation season.

  • I was not getting paid, so I stole 70% of the revenue

    I was working as a hotel photographer for a while with a friend of mine. The shop owner did never pay us in full.

  • Normally the photographers are getting 20% but she sometimes paid us 5%, sometimes 10%. So what we decided to do is talk to the customers, tell them we will give them a whole CD of the 200 photos we made for 300$ under the condition they dont tell this to any one and also buy 5 officially with a receipt, so the shop owner does not get suspicous.

  • Normally the price for these CDS is starting at 600$. She kept paying us less over the whole season (4months) while not knowing we were inofficially doing sales of 400-700$ daily.

  • Firstly I dont endorse anyone to do what I did, I didnt want to go through the hassle of switching hotels, moving my things and to be honest really wanted to get back at her for how she treated us.

  • Obviously there are better and less petty ways to handle it. Like switching jobs, as talking didnt help.

  • Close up of somebody holding a camera above a table and in front of somebody else

    Somebody holding a camera above a table and in front of somebody else

    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

  • The deal was 20% from the start, think of it as a big city full of hotels in a tourism area, the market is already clear and you also make sure to agree before starting. (20%) We got underpaid for 2 months before we did this.

  • So basically she did not give me the money I have worked for. What type of job was it?

  • Basically during daytime you have your cameras and walk around the hotel pools, beaches, bars and do smalltalk with 1500+ tourists.

  • You were pretty free in how long you can talk to them, as long as they do not get offended or annoyed by what you do.

  •  Photoshootings are FREE, after that they pay 6-7$ per photo they pick.

  • Did it ruin my reputation? Not really, all other hotels pay what you agreed on and therefore i was honest to them.

  • ) Cant think of more right now

  • Close up of a person holding a blank CD in their hands

    A person holding a blank CD in their hands

    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

  •  not guilty. Theft was determined to be committed in self defense.

  • cozylillia Original Poster's Reply I laughed a good amount at this, thank you! We have tried to give her the benefit of the doubt the first 2 months, but as we get paid weekly I was pretty sure this is a pattern

  • Rosynnebreeze Honestly... I get why you did it. Being underpaid for months can push people to extreme measures. Still, sneaky side-deals have a way of coming back around, hope you learned from it without too much fallout.

  • The Thurgarland I don't blame you. Nice one.

  • skin_refraction LMAO, this is the craziest legal defense I've ever seen, and I love it.

  • frogmuffins It's not stealing, I personally call this "wage compensation".

  • LilaacParade Imao fr, she was robbing y'all first. you just flipped the script. theft in self defense is killing me

  • LibraryPetalBud Wow, that's peak poetic justice, turning someone else's greed completely on its head with such boldness.

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