The former editor of Kevin “Papaplatte” Teller talks about his work with the Twitch streamer. His pay is said to have deteriorated, and the content creator was reportedly hard to reach. Papaplatte responds to the allegations and shares his perspective.
Why does Papaplatte have to explain himself? In his YouTube video “Papaplatte scammed me (unfortunately)” the former editor Paul “Pamabu” talks about the working conditions with the Twitch streamer Papaplatte. He created the channel Lattensepp and began uploading reactions from Papaplatte’s Twitch streams. Papaplatte eventually got involved in the channel, and the collaboration began.
In hindsight, Pamabu has several complaints about his working relationship with the Twitch streamer:
- Pamabu’s pay was determined based on the channel’s revenue: Papaplatte received 75%, Pamabu 25%. A concept where a lot of money can be made, as MontanaBlack mentioned in a stream.
- After the YouTube channel grew bigger, Papaplatte negotiated a new salary: Pamabu would receive a fixed salary of about 3,500 euros and an additional profit share of 1.5%. Pamabu found this unfair and, in his opinion, unusual in the industry.
- During the working relationship, Pamabu reportedly heard multiple times that he was easily replaceable as an editor.
- Additionally, Pamabu had to wait a long time for a response from Papaplatte regarding salary or vacation matters.
- Finally, Papaplatte did not want to work with Pamabu anymore and hired another editor for reactions. One reason was Zoom errors in the videos. The collaboration ended, and Papaplatte took over the Lattensepp channel.
- Pamabu expresses his frustration, mentioning that he even considered deleting the channel or forbidding Papaplatte from using his edited videos.
“I can’t drop 10,000 euros for 12 hours of work”
What does Papaplatte say about it? Just hours after the video was released, Papaplatte reacted in his Twitch stream to the video and shared his perspective on the matter. Subsequently, a 90-minute reaction video was uploaded on YouTube.
Initially, the Twitch streamer admits his inappropriate behavior in not responding to messages and ghosting Pamabu multiple times. He stated that this is something he would actively work on. He also mentioned that he would try to be a better manager and take more time for employees in the future.
Papaplatte explained the pay cut for Pamabu by saying that the pay ratio compared to other editors was unfair. His other editor Willibo manages several of Papaplatte’s channels simultaneously, and Papaplatte is always willing to pay him more money because he is very important to him.
He further elaborates that the effort involved in a reaction channel does not justify such a high salary. Each week, 3 to 4 videos have to be edited for the channel, involving a work effort of 2 to 3 hours per video. Papaplatte states: “I know how incredibly unfair this feels for him, but I also find it difficult. (…) I can’t drop 10,000 euros for 12 hours of work” (source: YouTube).
Papaplatte also comments on the end of the working relationship. He believes the video quality has significantly declined, and more and more comments have confirmed this. Some even suggested that the videos were edited with AI.
Previously, Papaplatte had often brought up criticism of Pamabu – among other things, he criticized inappropriate titles – and the termination of the collaboration was the result. After all, there are “so many people out there” who “want to do this” (source: YouTube).
In the end, Papaplatte shares his final thoughts. He finds it personally unnecessary to make such a video and does not believe that he scammed Pamabu. The Twitch streamer then apologizes for apparently making Pamabu feel that this was the only way it could be clarified.
The discussion about the pay of editors for Twitch streamers or YouTubers is one that frequently arises. Twitch streamers Trymacs and Max Schradin have also talked in the past about how much editors should be paid. You can read more about it here on MeinMMO: Twitch streamer doesn’t understand why he should give so much of his money to an employee
