Trying to maintain a career in Hollywood was "not something that was feasible for me to continue," this person told Insider.
Insider spoke with eight current and former assistants at Hollywood companies, plus a former creative executive at a midsize film studio.
Many hopefuls can't find jobs in an industry that's been wracked with head count reductions and budget cuts.
Netflix's website lists just one open assistant job — a role in a non-creative vertical.
At Paramount, which cut 25% of staff from its US cable networks earlier this year, there appear to be no open executive assistant jobs in entertainment capacities .
Persons:
—, strivers, that's, David Heger, Edward Jones, Heger, Bob Iger —, there's, WBD, they've, they'd, I'm, Reed Alexander
Organizations:
Hollywood, Netflix, Paramount Global, Disney, Warner Bros . Discovery, Paramount, Media, Writers Guild of America, Challenger, Warner Bros, Discovery, Entertainment
Locations:
Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York