It is difficult to discern whether this is malice or Linus just being too incompetent, emotionally directed, & aloof to actually run LMG. He should have thought much more carefully before scaling to where they are now.
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This sucks. I really like how they handled their employee's transition, and my screwdriver kinda rocks.
Hopefully this results in changes.
Im very much ootl and not a techie, but I do remember hearing a long while back about linus getting cancelled, and then strangely that he was uncancelled a month or so later.
mfw he was 'uncanceled'
side note, being drunk and high as I am right now, and as ootl as I am, and not paying attention to where in the lemmyverse I was poooostin, I assumed LTT was some monolithic media corporation until I was like halfway through the screenshots 😬
What she's describing is incredibly awful. That's not your average toxic workplace... I hope she's doing better now.
I would love to think that this stuff isn't true, but considering the red flags given off by Linus in recent weeks and months (his anti-union comments, for example), as well as the allegations made by Naomi Wu, the leaked employee handbook with its questionable contents, as well as the anonymous (ex-)employee describing a hostile work environment on the LTT subreddit some time ago... it kinda just fits, you know?
In any case, let's wait and see how this plays out, but right now it's not looking good for LMG. I don't think they will shut down in any case, but surely something is going to happen.