You mentioned before that Persona 5 was a non-union job. How does that differ from a union job, and for that matter what does a union job typically entail?
I’ll refrain from linking you to the multitude of “comparison articles” that exist online (some of which can be fairly biased, depending on their source), but on a basic level the core differences between Union and Non-Union are:
1) Access to Talent
Union jobs are limited only to actors who are within the Union, and thus the competition pool is much smaller (but often much more vicious because of experienced individuals); Non-Union does not have this restriction and accordingly tends to cast a much wider net.
2) Payscale
Union jobs are held to a codified “working rate” that has been created/modified over decades, establishing a true “minimum rate” that clients must hold to. Non-Union jobs have generally agreed on an industry standard depending on the medium, but this can vary and is not lawfully solidified.
3) Protections/Limitations
Union jobs have established limits on what can be requested in a session; actors usually cannot perform more than 3 characters without additional pay, vocally stressful sessions are often limited in studio time required, etc. Again, Non-Union jobs typically also use these limits, but are not required to (one NU job had me record approx. 12 different characters - almost all of them LOUD - while I was damaged from an international-flight fever. It did not end well for my throat).