I feel like a dickhead for supporting her now. I truly believed her that she was offered a max 4k for the role and that was it. The story has changed completely now and not only does she look like a mug, but she's ruining the actual legitimate conversation around voice actors pay.
I will in future hold my tongue until the full story appears
Respect for admitting you were wrong, but I honestly don't know if the bolded is necessarily right. The fact is that in the vast majority of cases, a VA speaking out against game companies for offering garbage pay is going to be telling the truth, and in important part of the fight for those VAs is believing them and supporting them early, not waiting around for a "full story" that will likely never come.
Union base pay scale is $956.75 for up to 3 voices in a 4-hour day. So around $250/hr.
Otherwise correct, gig pay needs to account for time spent auditioning, sponsored health insurance, paid leave and other benefits that regular workers get.
That said, one can't expect to earn enough money to last a year on a 20hour gig, which is what Taylor seems to imply with her use of "living wage".
Ah, yes, sorry, I was mixing up a grand a session with a grand an hour. Thanks for correcting me. Non-union VA gigs must be barely enough to survive on.