• sub_o@beehaw.orgEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    The thread is here, for those like me, who have closed and blocked twitter

    I don’t watch Linus’ videos that often, and I don’t know the names of the people working for him. But from what is stated on that series of tweets, seems to be straight up harassment / gender discrimination.

    Anyway it’s good that it’s surfacing, but I hope that it doesn’t escalate any more as a drama, because it seems like they have a fairly toxic community, and the one that’s always being targeted are the ex-employees.

    • pokemaster787@ani.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wow that is fucking awful in it’s entirety. Jesus fucking Christ, seems like just burnout and overwork are not the only issues present there. Goes a lot deeper than that with micromanagement and a “boys club” attitude, gross.

      Also thank you for the link, I was so confused where to the rest of the post was.

  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
    26·
    1 year ago

    Holy shit, I didn’t expect to see all LTT dirty laundry get aired like this. What started as a review quality drama has snowballed into workplace harassment drama.

    Edit: finally finished reading the whole stuff. If even 10% of what she said is true, LMG/LTT is truly fucked up big time. I thought Canadians are supposed to be chill.

  • honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    23·
    1 year ago

    Most people I see (in various forums) focus on the sexism part of this. It’s bad, but I think it’s worth highlighting the way Madison says they misled her and started controlling her digital side gigs outside of LTT, and just how bad working there was. Here are a few of the things she mentioned, but I recommend reading the full thread:

    I had asked and been told during my interviews that I would be allowed to monetize my YouTube channel and be allowed to join Floatplane in exchange for shutting down my Patreon. ONCE I moved [from Arizona to to Vancouver] I was presented with an entirely new contract/handbook that I was not told existed.

    Work from Home was a whole issue. If you took 3 minutes to answer a personal email, you could get in trouble. (happened to me) There is a system of micro-managing and a level of distrust because the amount of content they have to push out daily is so insane, no one gets a break.

    I remember getting told off for taking my sick days, as in the days you’re entitled to. This no days off, “grindset” culminated in the real moment I realized I had to leave.

    They also forced me to have them as my representation if I wanted to take any sponsors for my Twitch or YouTube channels. Originally I had been told, just make sure you okay things by us for non-compete issues. Then that changed when I moved to take the job.

    I honestly think the only way Linus can redeem himself at this point (for me personally), is if he made the company into some sort of multi-stakeholder worker cooperative where the workers have an actual chunk of democratic say over the direction of the company. This is how it’s done across Europe already via works councils, e.g. in Norway 33% of the board (leadership) is represented by workers, while in other European countries it goes all the way up to 50%. It’s been made very clear that the current leadership are incompetent and need to actually listen to their workers.

    • Briongloid@aussie.zoneOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      I agree with the diversification of ownership, it’s too large now for one couple to own outright and be in the best interest as an organisation.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
      1·
      1 year ago

      he made the company into some sort of multi-stakeholder worker cooperative where the workers have an actual chunk of democratic say over the direction of the company

      I was thinking the same to be honest, but didn’t know how to phrase it without coming off in an unusual way.

      The top down crunch-grindset is going to burn out the staff, and they’ve stated themselves that they’re not happy with the quality of their work as things are.

  • kitsuna@lemmy.kitsuna.net
    22·
    1 year ago

    I hate when people put stories like this out in the form of 15,000 tweets. It’s a pain in the ass to read, just link to a paste bin or blog site or literally anything where I can read it in proper formatting and not broken out into a million tiny pieces

  • Sproux@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    1 year ago

    Wow, I’ve been a fan of linus tech tips for more than 10 years now, i can’t believe I’m saying this but i hope he gets ousted from the company for this.

      • Sproux@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’m aware which is why i avoided the term ‘fired’. If public sentiment gets severe enough around this he could step down from an executive position for pr reasons, which i know is a big ask, but this is like really bad.

  • Corvus Nyx@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    I worked with a small media company like this. They’d constantly throw new tasks and duties at you like candy with no plan, no resources, and unwritten and unsaid expectations you’d somehow make it all work while they sat back and raked in the cash. Burnout was inevitable, and it’d make them furious and vindictive with you when you dare to ask for less work or more pay or people to do the job.

    Enough is enough. If treating your employees like spare parts is what’s needed to succeed in a capitalist society, then not only do these companies deserve to die out for their inhumane treatment of workers, but the whole system needs to be upended.