Highlights
- Taylor Swift's employees have positive things to say about her, despite her controversial moments and feuds with other celebrities. Working for her is reportedly a good experience.
- Taylor Swift is strict about protecting her private life and makes her employees sign NDAs. This ensures that personal details and relationship information are kept confidential.
- Swift is known for treating her fans like friends. However, she also expects professionalism from her team and is patient when it comes to achieving the desired results for her music videos and performances.
Few artists have raised so many controversies in the last decade as Taylor Swift. From that mic-stealing moment when Kanye upstaged her to the back-and-forth barbs she's shared via song lyrics with John Mayer, someone's always talking about Taylor.
This time, it's her employees who have a few things to say about the songstress—but it's not all bad. Despite how catty she reportedly was in that feud with Katy Perry, or how many exes she's dragged with scathing lyrics, Swift is said to be a nice person and boss. In fact, it seems that working for Taylor Swift is a pretty sweet gig.
Updated November 2023: Since the article was published, Taylor Swift wrapped up the first leg of her Eras Tour, and those who worked on it had quite a few things to say about the musician.
10 Taylor Swift Only Wants Beautiful People Around Her
An Insider Claims Taylor Swift Is Only Friends With Models
A 2016 edition of Star magazine, as recapped by Celebitchy, relayed a story from an "insider" who claimed Taylor only lets beautiful people work for her. Per the mag, Taylor "surrounds herself with models and always makes sure that they’re in the background, like beautiful wallpaper or something."
This leak was apparently from a personal assistant of Taylor's, and according to the personal assistant, Taylor only made an exception for Lena Dunham, because she admires her work.
9 The Singer Makes Everyone Sign An NDA
Taylor Swift Is Strict On Protecting Her Private Life
Does Taylor Swift make her employees sign NDAs? The answer to that is duh. There's no way the multi-millionaire could navigate life or relationships without protecting the details of her personal life.
Taylor Swift's assistant probably has a tighter NDA than anyone else, too.
The proof for this is the fact that news of her split from Joe Alwyn wasn't leaked beforehand, despite them reportedly breaking up months before the official announcement broke. Her PR team might have been working overtime, but it wasn't because of a mole in their midst.
8 Taylor Swift Loves Fans (Maybe More Than Her Staff)
The Singer Treats Her Fans Like Friends
Many people might believe that Taylor Swift is unapproachable, but her bodyguards have a different opinion. In 2017, Greg Dent, a bodyguard who worked for Taylor, testified in a trial involving a DJ who was accused of crossing the line and inappropriately touching the singer.
"I was always of the opinion she was too fan-friendly," Dent said. "She would stop for them under any circumstances. Too fan-friendly for me," he said.
There was also that Eras tour moment where Taylor scolded a security guard for seemingly picking on a fan... Taylor's got her Swifties' backs, but that might not feel so nice for her security personnel.
Of course, that doesn't mean she lets her fans pick on the guys she sings about; Taylor earned even more fans when she asked concertgoers to just leave John Mayer alone already.
7 Taylor Swift Is Patient With Her Team (When Necessary)
The Singer Strives To Be Very Professional
Taylor Swift took everyone by surprise when she released the video clip The Man. The singer appeared as her male alter ego, Tyler Swift, and everyone was impressed by how perfectly the work was done. The person responsible for that was the makeup artist Bill Corso, who also made Taylor become a zombie in another video.
The artist didn't dig into Taylor's personality, but he gave some details that show that she is very professional and patient. Corso said that she would sit still in her chair for five hours for many days. Besides that, she also hired a movement coach so she would move just like a man.
6 Taylor Swift Loves To Dance
The Star Is All About Having A Good Time
Simone De La Rue is a personal trainer popular among stars, including Taylor Swift. La Rue doesn't talk much about her client's personality, but she said once that the singer loves to dance.
When a reporter asked her if her DVD has the workout the singer does every week, she said, "Exactly the same, a lot of them [celebrities] love to dance. You're getting exactly the same workout."
It will be no surprise if she is another professional who had to sign a non-disclosure contract to work with Taylor since she is vague when talking about her.
5 Taylor Swift Is Particular About Fashion
The Singer Loves Working With Various Designers
In the last decade, the public has seen Taylor mature her personality and also her sense of style. If she loved sparkling gowns and round dresses in the past, she mostly grew out of that, and today, she takes more risks when it comes to her style.
One of her favorite brands used to be Faith Connexion, who said that in addition to Taylor's team reaching out, in 2018, they dealt "with her directly, too, choosing and picking different pieces. She's been requesting more and more because she loves it."
4 Some Of Her Dancers Are Also Her Friends
Taylor Swift Doesn't Care If Her Friends Are Famous
Taylor's relationship with her dancers often shows that she is not as distant as many people think she is. Todrick Hall, who is a dancer and friend of Taylor, had to defend their relationship after the video clip Look What You Made Me Do.
Many people criticized Hall because they believed there is a part of the video that ripped off Beyoncé.
The dancer said that they are friends and talked about the video. "Artistically, I didn't feel that was the case. I'm a humongous Beyoncé fan. I've worked with Beyoncé. I've choreographed for Beyoncé. And I would never intentionally be a part of art that I felt was ripping off my favorite artist of all time. But I felt like these were two completely different lanes."
3 Taylor Swift Celebrates With Her Crew
The Star Knows Just How Important Her Team Is
Images can say more than one thousand words. When Taylor Swift won the Emmy in 2015, she knew she didn't do it alone, and her staff played a significant role in this achievement. The singer celebrated together with them, and some members of the crew posted pictures with the award.
For example, Kamilah Marshall posted a picture with the caption, "just another day at the office." She was not the only one, and many members of the crew did the same. It shows that Taylor might be demanding, but she also shares the good moments with them.
2 She Gives Her Employees Juneteenth Off
Working For Taylor Swift Comes With Its Perks
Starting in 2020, Taylor Swift decided to acknowledge Juneteenth as a holiday within her business. She gave all her employees the day off, though there was no word on whether that was a paid day or not.
Either way, working for Taylor Swift means working under someone who cares about other people.
1 Taylor Makes Sure Those Working For Her Get Paid Well
The Star Gave Plenty Of Bonuses To Those Working On Her Eras Tour
Taylor Swift's super-close team of hairstylists, makeup artists, and wardrobe staff adores the star. Jemma Muradian, who does Taylor's hair, often posts her client on Instagram, praising her for being a "beautiful soul" while also repping her own abilities as a stylist. If they hated working for Taylor, wouldn't they simply keep quiet and collect the paycheck?
In August 2023, Forbes revealed that the singer gave more than $55 million to those who helped her Eras Tour show come to life, and the 50 truck drivers of her tour reportedly got a 100,000 bonus each. Say what you want about the star, but she seems to treat her employees well.