Apparently Getting Paid to Watch Netflix Isn't All That Great

Watching Netflix is something we choose to do with our spare time but for some people it's a full time job!! Yeah, we said it. BUT - hear this - the people doing the job aren't happy about it and for good reason.

Known as "juicers", these people are involved in a secretive Netflix project called "Project Beetlejuice". Not much is really known about it.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, those involved are paid to watch Netflix content and are tasked with choosing the still images to be used to display shows and movies as subscribers scroll through the Netflix library.

There are some things computers just can't do and this job needs a human touch. The company has previously hired "taggers" to give movie titles quirky and unique genre classifications such "Imaginative time travel movies from the 1980s".

Cigdem Akbay's main source of income became Netflix. She's from LA and isn't happy with Netflix.

Ms Akbay is one of two people suing Netflix for not providing her with sufficient benefits such as overtime pay, the US version of superannuation and paid holiday leave.

A separate lawsuit filed in California by a juicer named Lawrence Moss is also claiming that hundreds of people in the Beetlejuice program were underpaid and deserve financial compensation.

The juicers are reportedly paid US$10 ($13.50) per show or movie they watch. But they believe they were unfairly classified as independent contractors instead of employees, meaning they were not entitled to certain benefits.

According to her complaint, Ms Akbay "theoretically, could set her own hours, but Netflix imposed deadlines for assignments that in effect imposed a rigid work schedule".

Hmmmm suddenly watching Netflix and getting paid ain't sounding so fun :S