Working from home is a luxury many dream about. Who wants to commute to an office when you can “commute” to another room in your home? Who wants to work a mandatory 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. shift five days a week when you can work until your goals are accomplished?
Cam models can have all these luxuries (and more!), but some opt to work from studios instead. Why?
Working from a studio generally means a model physically shows up at a brick-and-mortar facility. The facility then provides theme-decorated, ready-wired rooms and tech staff to handle unexpected equipment glitches. Working for a studio can also offer other interesting benefits, like efforts to enhance privacy and security as well as a separation of work life and home life.
I toured a high-end studio in Los Angeles a few months back (you can read all about it here). It was a super-interesting and informative experience, but I was left wondering: For models who cam in studios, how are decisions about which room you work in made? Do you get assigned a spot, or is it based on availability? What happens if the room you usually occupy is taken, or — god forbid — the only space available is one that just does not go with your persona?
These questions were plaguing me months later, so I decided to ask Studio20 Chief Executive Officer Mugur Cosmin Frunzetti what would happen. Here’s what he had to say:
Studio20 has some unique rules about models and rooms because of our focus on top glamo06ur models. Each of our rooms is dedicated to only two models. They have their own closet, wardrobe, shoes and personal items in the room, as if it’s their home. Because [models] spend more time in the studio than at home most days, a familiar, relaxing environment is a must. They also have the rooms reserved exclusively for each of them 12 hours a day, so they can broadcast more if they got a good day or a long private by the shift end. This is why a Studio20 model will never find her room “occupied.” Of course, models can change their room if they feel another one is better and is free, but this happens once every two to three years only.
A change every two to three years only? Surely is can’t be this seamless all the time. According to Rosie Blake, a model at Studio20’s Los Angeles location, it is.
“Scheduling with Studio20 is easier than anywhere I’ve worked before,” Blake said. “I’ve chosen my current room when I first started, and it’s all mine.
“If I want a change in atmosphere, I always ask for a special room for a day, like the Vegas or the Jacuzzi or the surf room,” she added. “The availability and flexibility is perfect. I love it.”
There you have it. For the record, the idea of being able to pop into the work hot tub now and again might be enough to get me to take my laptop out of my house. #justsayin
Find Rosie on Twitter at @RosieBlakeOrg.
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