phillaholicAug 16, 2023

What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator.

https://lemm.ee/post/4468758

What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator. - lemm.ee

Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

Show threadkaduAug 16, 2023

Linus’ answer that they have channels for anonymous (or not) reporting of such issues is probably true. They probably do have those systems.

That’s not the root of the issue, though. The root is that the company is entirely managed by Linus and the friends he made way back when. They simply grew tremendously and assigned every friend one of the management roles. That’s it, that’s the company.

So regardless of the system being used - what do you do when the person you need to report is one of them? Who is going to be taking action, their best buddy?

Show threadFoxBJKAug 16, 2023

The root is that the company is entirely managed by Linus and the friends he made way back when. They simply grew tremendously and assigned every friend one of the management roles. That’s it, that’s the company.

This sounds a lot like the bro culture at Uber before they cleared house.

Show threadKilgore Trout

There is nothing wrong with a “bros” company.

Issues appear when such company starts hiring other people.

Aug 17, 2023 at 4:54amWeb