[jsnell]

The employee/employer power dynamics are clearly very different than in e.g. software engineering:

> A clause in Angell’s contract reportedly required him to pay a £30,000 penalty should he quit in the middle of a project.

I can't imagine anyone signing that kind of contract in tech.

Employees probably have less bargaining power than in tech, since the skills aren't as transferrable. The employers are just contractors being squeezed by the studios both on cost and on extra work, and pass that squeeze onto the employees. And since the VFX houses aren't the ones making the profits on the final movie, running a VFX studio and trying to get the best people (and best product) by promising better conditions doesn't actually work.