![]() ![]() When did all those workers get laid off?Īpril 10, 2020. ![]() One also wonders why a company that has been so vocally adamant about the happiness of artists would want to gag workers from saying what they didn’t like about it.y’know, since artist happiness can only go up when feedback is taken seriously. While I get that there are probably company secrets at the higher echelons at Meow Wolf-and it makes sense for the company to try and keep a lid on upcoming projects-I’m frequently questioning what information floor workers or gift shop cashiers might have had access to that would have hindered the company’s ability to make money. In order to receive severance packages after leaving Meow Wolf’s employ, I’m told, all those folks had to sign NDAs, which included non-disparagement clauses. Take the 201 workers who were laid off at the outset of the pandemic (who, by the way, were told it was because of the pandemic, which SFR later learned was likely not true). It’s easy to say things about workers going to court or lawyering up or getting that contract eyeballed, but who has the time or money for all that? Do you think this is why so many workers wanted to unionize? Why do so many current and former workers over there have to sign non-disclosure agreements? Sure, they signed something at some point, they know, and they work with company equipment doing company things during company hours-they just don’t know whether they have job security, nor do they know what kind of protections they might enjoy. I’ve heard horror stories from current and former employees who won’t go on the record in this or any arena-for fear of retaliation (legal or otherwise)-about not quite understanding how they’re designated as employees. Some workers I’ve spoken to don’t even know their employment status. Who is considered a contracted employee versus a staff employee at this moment in Meow Wolf history? ![]() It does not appear as if the company meant for folks to take the piece particularly seriously.īut with Meow Wolf launching not one but two new locations in Texas this year, plus its ongoing operations in Santa Fe, Colorado and Nevada, the post did get me thinking that I have some FAQs of my own, which I assure you are all too real. Take, for example, the question, “What is your policy on shoes?” The writer replies that the company, “supports all forms of footwear as long as they’re unbelievably fashionable and/or float on water/air.” As I said, it’s fun, it’s kicky, it’s harmless (though a joke answer to a question about what brand the company uses for its sanitation efforts seems bizarre at this point in the whole COVID thing). It’s a fun little piece that starts with a jab at gender policing assholes (”Are you a boy or a girl?” the questioner queries, to which the writer replies, flatly and brilliantly, “No.”) The post goes on to make jokes about the space and attempts to humorously answer them. 5, arts corporation Meow Wolf provided answers to its “ weirdest FAQs.” ![]()
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