Background Inc
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Background Inc has 1.0 star rating based on 1 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
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Pros: Internet humour fuel.
Cons: Degenerate yelling.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Avoid Karen's".
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Borderline Personality Disroder Public Awareness
- Internet humour fuel
- Degenerate yelling
User's recommendation: Avoid Karen's
WASTE OF TIME
New York, New York
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New York, New York
BACKGROUND INC - Jennifer Feraday - Pushy & Unprofessional
Stay clear of Jennifer Feraday of Background Inc of NYC. She is pushy, unprofessional and sends out unsolicited underpaying job opportunities to models and actors/actresses that are located on casting resource websites local to the NYC area. She'll call you, give you guilt trips and manipulate to get her way. She is abrupt, has a great tendency to spin previous conversations to meet her needs and disrespects those that politely decline her offerings. I gave her the courtesy of a phone call to let her know that my client had to turn down a job opportunity that she cold called about in the first place that had never confirmed after they spoke once on the phone about. Great disrespect, yelling was her response, along with and a hang up what was received in return.
We get that she made it all the way to the Big Apple to pursue her dreams as a big time extra agent, but in my experience with her, the queen-bee attitude, coarse style and bullying nature when she didn't get her way doesn't sit well with me. A very low paying gig that offers higher profile exposure is one thing, but a gig that will never see the light of day, an in-house production for a full day of work isn't for everyone, particularly to a professional with a multitude of credits, projects, opportunity cost at hand and a already established career on the go.
Aspiring actors/actresses and models, be wary, there's plenty of opportunities out there with more appreciative and professional agents and resources to work with.
Wrong! Jennifer is on top of her game.
Background, Inc., deals with commercial jobs primarily, perhaps exclusively. She’s very efficient so you have to be able to run with that.
Just check out her client base and one can easily see why Background, Inc. is the leading agency for commercial extras in NYC!
New York, New York
BACKGROUND INC - Jennifer Feraday - Pushy & Unprofessional
Stay clear of Jennifer Feraday of Background Inc of NYC. She is pushy, unprofessional and sends out unsolicited underpaying job opportunities to models and actors/actresses that are located on casting resource websites (castingnetworks.com).
She'll call you incessantly, give you guilt trips and manipulate to get her way. She won't take no for an answer, is abrupt, throws insults and disrespects those that politely decline her offerings, then will hang up on you so she gets the last word in. We get that you made it all the way out of the big T.O. to pursue your dreams as an extra agent in the big apple, but your style and bullying nature won't get you anywhere.
A $150-250 gig that offers high profile and exposure is one thing, but a gig that will never see the light of day and an in-house production for a full day of work is a complete waste of time, particularly to those with a multiple of projects and a already established career on the go.
Aspiring actors/actresses and models, be wary, there's plenty of opportunities out there with more appreciative and professional agents and resources out there.
It's quite sad when casting directors don't take into consideration the deleterious effect that certain work can have on your image at large. In addition to offering a relatively low wage to do a commercial, Ms.
Faraday concealed the name of the product she was casting for.
To be specific, she offered $150 for my sister and myself to do a Pepsi commercial, denoted the role in itself as background when it was actually a principal role, and overlooked the controversy surrounding Pepsi; millions sustain that Pepsi suggested that their liquid beverage could eradicate the deeply entrenched pain and hurt that black individuals have encompass, as a result of racial disparities, and a disproportionality of resources.
She however posted the project as an industrial soda commercial, and asked only for African Americans.
We strongly believe that you should give individuals an option with regards to the political stance that they themselves would like to take on such an imperative matter. Moving foward, we encourage actors to research the productions that they will be working with, and to also ask for specific contract in relation to their designated roles.
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I think this is a agancy that they expect you to pay them for work, that right there screams of a scam you should never pay anybody
No they are a legitimate casting agency and they pay well and treat people well before you spread false information. Not a good idea to burn bridges in the entertainment business.
Sounds like a successful enterprise, but it makes you wonder about the quality of folks they’ve taken in if there are so many people they can’t take in more for a year.