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Jessiegirl

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Am I being ripped off
« on: 12 February 2017, 06:42:14 pm »
I mainly work from a flat with other girls but the boss takes 50 per cent of all my earnings. It's not really an agency don't think but looking at the agency posts 30 per cent seems the norm. So do you think I am being ripped off?
Also I have no control over my adultwork profile. I saw it recently and it basically says I am up for anything including extreme stuff which I don't like and cannot do. Would appreciate advice and how to confront my boss about this without losing my job. Also they make money from private pictures and videos which I don't get. Some photos show my face but I told them I don't want people seeing my face.
Eventually want to go independent but don't have confidence to do it yet.
Any advice would be appreciated.   

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« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2017, 07:13:45 pm »
Some thing a pimp does try to go solo it is better usually if you don't work their way they get rid of. Sorry to put it so blunt but they want to make as much profit from you. If they put the truth about your likes they wouldn't earn as much.
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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2017, 07:36:56 pm »
I mainly work from a flat with other girls but the boss takes 50 per cent of all my earnings. It's not really an agency don't think but looking at the agency posts 30 per cent seems the norm. So do you think I am being ripped off?

Yes.

Also I have no control over my adultwork profile. I saw it recently and it basically says I am up for anything including extreme stuff which I don't like and cannot do.

This sounds not only like your being ripped off but dangerous too! They obviously have no respect for you the way they are treating you, do you think they are going to help you out when a client books you expecting services you don't provide and gets angry about the "false advertising"?

Also they make money from private pictures and videos which I don't get. Some photos show my face but I told them I don't want people seeing my face.

You don't think you have the confidence to go independent yet you have the confidence to have explicit videos and pictures of you on the internet, see clients you havn't personally yourself vetted and work from a misleading profile? I've been independant for 7 years and still wouldn't have the confidence to do what your doing... It sounds like they have successfully scared you off going indie for their own financial gain.

If I where in your position I would not see, work for, or speak to them again. I would report your profile to AW as fake and make my own genuine one.

Please stop letting these people exploit you this way.

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2017, 07:38:47 pm »
I wouldn't say you're just being ripped off, I'd say they aren't respecting your boundaries - you've said that you don't want your face being displayed, and they've put it on photos. They aren't respecting what you want on your preferences/likes. You aren't in control of your profile, which may be the case with agencies/parlours (I've always been indie so I don't know how that works), but I would imagine that it does reflect the service you are comfortable providing at least? And with regards to the private gallery content - surely you would get profit from that?

None of this would make me comfortable.

I honestly don't have advice as to how you would speak to your boss, because a) I've never been in your position and b) my advice would honestly be to look to go independent. And you've said that you don't feel you have the confidence to do that yet.

I agree with what meetingdiversity has said though - do what is right for you. Personally I take the stance that in this industry you should be the one making the money from your activities and if you choose to enter into agreements with others, i.e. sharing a flat, being in an agency etc, its all mutually agreed and it doesn't make you feel like you're being taken advantage of, or that you're being put into a position where you're advertised as doing things you would never entertain. That's just my 2p though.

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2017, 08:09:58 pm »
I have been with an agency who took 40%,( + room charge) but otherwise treated me very well.
Then I have been with with an agency in London who took 50% - 60%. They were also treatening girls with horrible things and I had to help them, as they were very naive and didn't know much about this work and their rights. Thank God, they are in prison now for what they did.

It's best to do this on your own.

Jessiegirl

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2017, 08:20:03 pm »
I don't get any money for private content and videos. Also I get jobs I don't want to do and hate. I do have some lovely clients though so not all bad.
One of them told me to stand up to them and they are taking advantage of me because I'm new. He said they just wantto make money out of me and don't care about me.
If I do go independent which I want to do one thing that worries me is security and being safe if working alone. Maybe that's another post.
Thanks again everybody   

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2017, 08:55:56 pm »
You are not being ripped off, you are being exploited and coerced by a criminal.

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #7 on: 12 February 2017, 09:00:29 pm »
If I do go independent which I want to do one thing that worries me is security and being safe if working alone.

You will be safer working independantly than you are with these criminals (+1 to Ana)

Theres lots of information on here about how to work safely.

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #8 on: 12 February 2017, 09:02:07 pm »
You are definitely being exploited.

If you don't have an incall location then you book hotels, on day rate if necessary. If you were getting 100% of your hourly rate as advertised, how much would it be? Enough to pay for a ?100 hotel room, I'm guessing.

You do not need a pimp. Take advice here from girls on how to market yourself. Honestly you need nothing more. I'm a fat 40yr old and I'm raking it in!
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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #9 on: 12 February 2017, 09:15:41 pm »
Independence with this work is the best way whichever way you do it. Personal website and adultwork but there are plenty of other ways to get noticed without having to hand over almost half your pay to a greedy manager or agent. At present it seems you are willingly being exploited so equally you are free to move away from these people and the best thing about going it alone is the choice of seeing who you want and not seeing some men again if you are not happy with them. Agents and pimps will just send anyone they want as all they think of is the money without having to get intimate with the clients.

Do not waste time in going it alone I think it will make you much happier and enjoy the work even more.

Jessiegirl

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #10 on: 12 February 2017, 09:24:38 pm »
If I work alone am afraid of safety. It's what I want to do eventually but just finding the guts to go it alone. Also don't have enough clients yet so hoping to build up the good ones.

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #11 on: 12 February 2017, 09:49:14 pm »
I mainly work from a flat with other girls but the boss takes 50 per cent of all my earnings. It's not really an agency don't think but looking at the agency posts 30 per cent seems the norm. So do you think I am being ripped off?
Also I have no control over my adultwork profile. I saw it recently and it basically says I am up for anything including extreme stuff which I don't like and cannot do. Would appreciate advice and how to confront my boss about this without losing my job. Also they make money from private pictures and videos which I don't get. Some photos show my face but I told them I don't want people seeing my face.
Eventually want to go independent but don't have confidence to do it yet.
Any advice would be appreciated.   


Hmmmm you are being pimped and majorly exploited dear, trust me you are confident enough to go for it on your own. 

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #12 on: 12 February 2017, 09:54:28 pm »
If I work alone am afraid of safety. It's what I want to do eventually but just finding the guts to go it alone. Also don't have enough clients yet so hoping to build up the good ones.

Hello Jessie,

I'm sorry you're in trouble. I hope not to sound too harsh with what I have to add.

I go with Ana and VC. You are being exploited by a pimp. The man is not your "boss", hes just pimping you out as much as he can and for whatever services HE decides you offer not to mention the fact he's not respecting your privacy (pictures and videos).

While for him it's illegal for you it is simply dangerous. What if one of bookings your "boss" gets you turns bad because the client was promised services you are not happy to offer? I understand you worry about your safety if you go independent but you are below safe right now already. You risk danger from each and every client you see and you have no control whatsoever over anything.

As to not having enough clients yet... everyone starts at zero:) plus are you sure the clients you have now are the clients you want to have? More importantly, are you sure your "boss" will be happy if you just take the clients with you?

You need out, girl:)

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #13 on: 12 February 2017, 10:32:39 pm »
You are not being ripped off, you are being exploited and coerced by a criminal.

^^^ Hear, hear.
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Jessiegirl

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Re: Am I being ripped off
« Reply #14 on: 12 February 2017, 11:10:16 pm »
Thanks for all the advice. I know I'm being exploited that's why I want to go independent and just see guys I like. Not all guys are bad maybe 50 per cent. But my boss treats me like a piece of meat sometimes and gets me to do things I don't enjoy saying the money is good for these jobs. Problem is I can't do them so feel it's a waste of time.
Never thought of them as a criminal and pump so has opened my eyes a bit more.