MIPCOM Picks 2012: Show Me Your Money

For this social experiment, Charlie Mullins, managing director of Pimlico Plumbers, takes a page from an actual 1950s workplace experiment, in which his entire workforce has to reveal to each other what they’re making.

By Realscreen Staff

September 25, 2012

Partners: Watershed for Channel 4; distributed by Warner Bros International Television Production

Length: 1 x 60 minutes

Aired: July 2012 (Channel 4, UK)

Rights available: Worldwide, format and finished

Just as the first rule of Fight Club is to not talk about Fight Club, discussing salaries with co-workers tends to be a “no go” zone for casual conversation. For this social experiment, Charlie Mullins, managing director of Pimlico Plumbers, takes a page from an actual 1950s workplace experiment, in which his entire workforce has to reveal to each other what they’re making. From there, once the pay discrepancies are exposed, the workers have to come together, both to devise a pay scale that’s fairer to all concerned, and in cross-department pairings that give glimpses into what each job entails. Will the experiment pay off?

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Barry Walsh is editor and content director for realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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