Our Goals:

Seven Seas does not currently offer any job benefits. New hires have been told that benefits are imminent for the past year, and we demand to have them implemented as soon as possible.

Healthcare, pension benefits, and paid family leave—including parental leave, family crises, and bereavement—must be made available to all employees of Seven Seas Entertainment. For non-US based employees, a stipend must be made available for individuals to invest in personal health insurance plans.

In the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, we demand that Seven Seas set up a reproductive health travel fund accessible to all employees and US-based freelancers to states where reproductive healthcare remains available.

Seven Seas currently has no PTO policy. Employees are expected to be available in the virtual office at all times or work extra hours to make up for sick time and vacation.

We must have sick time, vacation time, paid days off on federal holidays, a paid Christmas break, and time off during regular printing press closures.

Wages must be immediately increased to fair industry standards according to each employee’s role and experience. Cost-of-living increases must be made annually, and merit increases implemented as acknowledgment of good work.

Many employees are overloaded or burnt out due to high workloads and lack of support. We demand an end to “crunch” schedules and that working overtime, weekends, or holidays be counted as time in lieu.

We demand Weingarten rights and an end to both at-will employment and unnecessary “permalancing.”

Across the board increases to pay, kill fees, and revision fees must be implemented for our freelancers. A competitive pay scale that allows us to hire experienced letterers, translators, designers, etc. must be introduced and followed. Tests must be paid and reviewed in a reasonable timeframe.

Employees must have agreed upon job definitions with a transparent wage ladder as well as a clear organizational chart to follow. Management must not ask or expect employees to cover work outside of their job definitions. If an employee is required to take on work outside their usual range of duties, they must be promoted accordingly and awarded a raise to compensate for additional responsibilities.

New hires are “set up to fail” with insufficient processes, redundancy, and poor training. Training materials should be created to help guide new staff in their roles at Seven Seas, and ensure smooth integration. Workloads must be decreased across the board to allow bandwidth and time to train new hires.

To prevent books from missing deadlines, a dedicated scheduling department should be created to track progress and communicate deadline issues. More admin should be hired to maintain our fast-growing database.

Anyone in a management role must go through training to better supervise, train, and support their staff. Training must be paid for by Seven Seas and time allocated for training must not exceed a 40-hour work week.

Staff must not be excluded from taking on freelance work in their free time.

Institute an anti-harassment and discrimination policy, and a clear process for submitting complaints. Staff should never be required to work on materials that make them uncomfortable.

Members of the Seven Seas union have not experienced any issues with harassment or discrimination to date. We strive to keep it that way.

End of year and end of fiscal bonuses must be rewarded to staff. Gifts must be sent to vendors to maintain positive relationships and show gratitude.

As a fully remote workforce, employees must be reimbursed for any equipment, software, office furniture, and other work related expenses.

Improved transparency between departments, as well as quarterly updates summarizing how the company is performing compiled by department heads and/or managers. Department heads and managers must delegate non-managerial work (design, lettering, editing, etc) in order to make time for administrative and managerial duties.

Including but not limited to print, covers/design, and admin. Frequent “touch base” communication from management to ensure a reasonable and balanced workload.