I have read all of your respective posts.
Mandy is, without question, a mere shell of what it once was, and in fact bares little resemblance to what it was even 12 months ago; in comparison to the ‘glory days’ of the original Mandy website (before the merger with CCP) it doesn’t even come close. In its former guise as Casting Call Pro, it was a shining star, especially for those treading the cobbled path towards Spotlight (but let’s not go there, as that’s another illusion in itself!) - All in all, what Mandy has evolved into is a barely tepid, and certainly an unequivocal diluted version of what was a vital and essential career building tool, and to many the life blood of the same.
I wrote to the powers that be as soon as “the ability to no longer see who had viewed you” facility vanished. I was assured that the removal of this (facility/ability) was to make way for a greater all singing & dancing platform. What utter bollocks! Everything that was once good about the site has now gone and has been replaced or upgraded with NOTHING.
I personally rely, and heavily, upon my availability, and my electronic colour-coded diary is referenced in such a way that I can determine my availability at a glance, based upon those production in which I am already cast, and date locked into, and those which are pencilled, which would include those that are in pre-production, and those that are ‘looking but not licking’ thus far! If I say so myself, I am an excellent time-manager, but as a result of the inability to review who has looked multiple times, I have had to reject more that a dozen (nearer twenty in reality) approaches in the past quarter alone simply because of date conflicts with other productions.
I am fortunate and blessed (extremely so) in that I am rehired often by directors and producers with whom I have worked with in the past, however, even in such circumstances its foolhardy to rely on this and equally extremely bad business practice to rely solely on repeat business; it is ESSENTIAL that various tools and avenues are explored constantly and repetitively in order to keep the influx of work at a satisfactory level.
Mandy removing the soul, and ability for interactivity from of its platform in reduces, and dramatically so the ability to actively and professionally manage an acting career.
I would suggest to those that haven’t yet done son write to Mandy expressing your own dissatisfactions as that is going to be the only way that something will get resolved because the bank direct debits will keep on month after month whether you complain or not.
