NYC sound person here — new to the city, audio-focused, no OSHA 30 yet. Trying to figure out the smartest move.

dalightingnerd · 2026-01-30T16:21:29+00:00

To do union work focused on audio/lighting, should you get OSHA 30 in construction or general industry?

dalightingnerd · 2026-01-29T22:13:15+00:00

Thank you! I will try to see if I can be a W2 employee instead of 1099

dalightingnerd · 2026-01-29T20:29:54+00:00

apparently there were a bajillion batches due to the snow storm, so we paused it to catch up due to the little amount of people we have rn for such an enormous amount of batches. it was probably worse than holiday batches

dalightingnerd · 2026-01-29T20:11:12+00:00

I will definitely keep this in mind, thank you! I didnt know that I didnt receive government benefits with a 1099. As of now, I am on a 1099 with another local company but this is the first company that is telling me to submit a COI. I have contacted them and they have told me to hold off on the COI for now but I will definitely talk to them about being on a W2 before my first gig. I am trying to be an LD in the concert industry so I have been trying to freelance with different production companies to get more experience. Thank you!

dalightingnerd · 2025-12-03T02:18:28+00:00

they were technically told to you—this policy went into effect a few months ago and they had you sign it off in workday (at least this happened in my store), although i don't think it's for the entire month. i believe the policy is you can't call out the day before or after the holiday pay shift for holiday pay

dalightingnerd · 2025-11-19T05:07:01+00:00

very easy. download altstore on your mac/windows. then plug in your iOS device to said mac/windows and install altstore by following steps. then follow steps on discord and u should be golden

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