[brookst]

What studios consistently turn a profit?

They have years where they make hundreds of millions, years when they lose hundreds of millions.

It is weird to want the security of a paycheck, participation in unlikely huge successes, and no exposure to much more likely flops.

[marbletiles]

It’s not weird at all; in other circumstances we call it a bonus.

You get baseline security by trading away the unlimited upside, but you are still incentivised to produce your best work by knowing if you help create a huge success you’ll get additional compensation for it.

[suddenlybananas]

You don't get security. You can be fired easily. It's workers who face the consequences of the risks taken on by capitalists.

[brookst]

Workers absolutely do, but their upsides and downsides are limited. No worker is going to lose $1B on a bad bet.