Author Topic: Rumors of an eMail from SS keeping some people on old plan til `21... (Read 3891 times)

JetCityImage · « **on:** June 02, 2020, 19:50 »

Anyone here so lucky?

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2020, 21:25 »

I haven't received an email, but what I saw in the SS forum and a Facebook group looked like something written by a non-English speaker (or something written in another language and run through Google translate).

I can't imagine anyone in New York writing something that mangled, so it's either a scam of some sort or perhaps a manager in another country trying to do something local for contributors in his/her country.

gnirtS · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2020, 00:19 »

The divide and rule part of the playbook. Used it with BS takeover as well.

They've moved to stage 2.

marthamarks · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2020, 00:22 »

Quote from: gnirtS on June 03, 2020, 00:19

They've moved to stage 2.

Does that mean SS is already swirling around the toilet bowl?

gnirtS · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2020, 00:28 »

Not really. They'd have planned and modelled all of this months ago. They're just going through the checklist.

Chichikov · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2020, 03:20 »

My wife told me that she read on a Russian forum that some contributors had a contract, a real contract on paper, and that Shutterstock couldn't change it (so easily).
I don't know if it's true, but anything is possible...

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2020, 03:30 »

The reported email doesn't make a lot of sense. It basically promises to keep people on current new tier percentage until January first which already the way the new scheme works.

As reported it is also in broken English.

My guess is Phishing scam not from SS where you open attache contract and get a virus.

MadPhotos · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2020, 14:44 »

Quote from: Chichikov on June 03, 2020, 03:20

My wife told me that she read on a Russian forum that some contributors had a contract, a real contract on paper, and that Shutterstock couldn't change it (so easily).
I don't know if it's true, but anything is possible...

It doesn't matter ther is no fix earnings in the contract. Contract basicly say they can change earnings per photo how ever and whenever they want.

Chichikov · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2020, 15:15 »

Quote from: MadPhotos on June 03, 2020, 14:44

Quote from: Chichikov on June 03, 2020, 03:20
My wife told me that she read on a Russian forum that some contributors had a contract, a real contract on paper, and that Shutterstock couldn't change it (so easily).
I don't know if it's true, but anything is possible...

It doesn't matter ther is no fix earnings in the contract. Contract basicly say they can change earnings per photo how ever and whenever they want.

This is not a general agreement on the Shutterstock site, but a "real" contract on a "real" piece of paper with "real" signatures .
You (and I, and others) can't know what kind of contract Shutterstock makes with certain contributors. Do you think that big stock studios like Africa Studio have the same contract as you?

NeonRobot · « **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2020, 02:10 »

It's fake rumor. Reason that some contributors don't get email of happiness is pretty simple.
They have glitchy email robot, or incomplete database of contributor emails.

I have two friend which not received this email.

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