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Celeb News: Gaga's Former Assistant Not Getting Support From Her Peers
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Gaga's Former Assistant Not Getting Support From Her Peers
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Typically, when workers publicly strike out against bosses who treat them badly, their peers in the industry rally behind them. The world of personal assistants is, apparently, different.
Lady Gaga's former personal assistant, Jennifer O'Neill, recently filed a lawsuit saying she's owed thousands of dollars for over 7,000 hours in overtime. In the suit, she also complains about having to cater to Gaga in the middle of the night. But an industry insider says, first, that long hours are par for the course in the personal assistant world, and second, that lawsuits like these leave the entire industry — assistants and VIPs alike — "terrified."
Brian Daniel, the founder and owner of the Celebrity Personal Assistant Network, a headhunting firm that pairs celebrities with personal assistants, says the lawsuit is "sending shockwaves through the whole industry" because the attention could make agreements more formalized, which would be a major change in an industry where deals are largely done under the table.
Daniel says thousands of Hollywood assistants are paid in cash, meaning neither the employer nor employee pays taxes. If a high-profile case sheds light on this practice, it could mean more regulation — and less cash — for celebrities and assistants alike. "The city of LA is bankrupt, so when the sirens go off, it's like the mob. They really don't want attention drawn to us."
He also says the complaints filed by O'Neill don't make much sense to him. "Standard operating procedure is that being a personal assistant is a salaried position, because you have no way to predict how many hours you'll be working," he says. "And it's odd that she worked for Gaga for a few years, and then when the relationship dissolved, there's a lawsuit. If you had objections, you should have said something three months in."
Beyond that — O'Neill was being paid $75,000 a year, well over the industry standard. Daniel says most assistants for top celebrities can expect around $60,000, while some make much less.
Lady Gaga also reacted to the lawsuit by saying that perks — like "sleep[ing in] Egyptian cotton sheets every night, in five-star hotels, on private planes, eating caviar, partying with Terry Richardson all night, wearing my clothes, asking YSL to send her free shoes" — should be considered part of an assistant's compensation. Daniel mostly agrees. Before starting the Celebrity Personal Assistant Network, he worked for the Saudi royal family, where he made over $250,000 a year. But he says he considered his total compensation to be more than that. "When you're working for these people, you have to consider that part of the pay is the lifestyle. You're staying in Ritz Carlton, you're driving Ferraris, you're flying on private planes."
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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This woman makes more than my mother and she feels like she is being underpaid  Greed 
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So pretty much Gaga treated her well above industry standards, and she still wants the money that she is claiming for nonsensical reasons. Got it!!
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Member Since: 8/30/2011
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that picture of gaga is nice!
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WAAAAIIIITTTTT where are the people who said that Gaga was mean/horrible for asking Jennifer to change a DVD?!! This bitch was being treated better than the industry standard. And most of the bitches complaining about Gaga on ATRL would accept this job if it was offered to them.
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this woman was getting paid wayyy more than enough and she's complaining about sleeping in bed with Gaga and being told to change a DVD?
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He also says the complaints filed by O'Neill don't make much sense to him. "Standard operating procedure is that being a personal assistant is a salaried position, because you have no way to predict how many hours you'll be working," he says. "And it's odd that she worked for Gaga for a few years, and then when the relationship dissolved, there's a lawsuit. If you had objections, you should have said something three months in."
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She just wants money.
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Member Since: 8/5/2012
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Good. Jennifer is an ungrateful little witch. She wasn't even qualified for the job, but Gaga gave her the job because she was her old friend before Gaga was famous. It's sad what greed can do to people.
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Gaga the Great doesn't care about unruly peasants, and so do the rest of the peasent industry 
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But imagine living and sleeping with and helping the biggest star in the world How is this bitch mad?
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Wait, why?
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Not surprising, all you have to do is look at the amount of overtime she's requesting. 7,800 hours of overtime would equal YEARS worth of unpaid overtime, it's just silly.
And yasss at Gaga paying her 25% more than other big stars pay their assistants. But I'm sure all the haters will ignore all this.
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He also says the complaints filed by O'Neill don't make much sense to him. "Standard operating procedure is that being a personal assistant is a salaried position, because you have no way to predict how many hours you'll be working," he says. "And it's odd that she worked for Gaga for a few years, and then when the relationship dissolved, there's a lawsuit. If you had objections, you should have said something three months in."
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It's not odd when you think about it. She gets fired from her job, there's no way she's going to be able to get another $75,000 job with all the perks she was getting, so she gets pissed and tries to bring up a bunch of frivolous nonsense hoping to get a chunk of change from Gaga, who will rush to settle so it won't hit the press. Good for Gaga to sticking to her guns.
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He also says the complaints filed by O'Neill don't make much sense to him. "Standard operating procedure is that being a personal assistant is a salaried position, because you have no way to predict how many hours you'll be working," he says. "And it's odd that she worked for Gaga for a few years, and then when the relationship dissolved, there's a lawsuit. If you had objections, you should have said something three months in."
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And that's just the way things are.
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where are the haters now ? 
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i don't get how this thread received a warning
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$75,000 is a great salary for a 20-something
No wonder she got thirsty when she lost it. 
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It doesn't matter what this knowledgable guy thinks, some teenagers online have already concluded that Gaga is in the wrong.
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Member Since: 8/12/2012
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Lol, what y'all talking about?
Jennifer had to sleep with her employer all night.
Jennifer should get at least 1.000$ incl damage at night for that service.
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