Rod HiltonFeb 14, 2024

Paramount kept their staff on hand to handle stressful conditions, surely kept lots of folks on-call to ensure the Superbowl could be streamed on their service, had record viewership numbers and then immediately laid off 800 of the people who helped give them that success the next day so that the executive leadership could pocket all the profits without sharing it with the labor force who built it.

Seriously. Eat the rich.

https://deadline.com/2024/02/paramount-global-layoffs-begin-ceo-bob-bakish-1235824028/

Paramount Global Layoffs Begin; CEO Bob Bakish Tells 800 Departing Employees, “Your Talents Have Helped Us Advance Our Mission”

Paramount Global has begun a planned round of layoffs, with an estimated 800 U.S.-based employees affected.

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Show threadClickyMcTicker
@rodhilton Where in the article did it say the first few points of your argument? I didn’t see anything about them keeping people on call.
Feb 14, 2024 at 4:18amWeb
Show threadRod HiltonFeb 14, 2024
@ClickyMcTicker it doesn't need to say it, they're trying to get Paramount plus to be successful and this is the first year the Super Bowl was streaming on it. I 100% guarantee you that tons of people were on call and there were multiple preparedness meetings and anticipation of the event. I've been in this industry long enough that I know exactly how the weeks prior to the Super Bowl looked at the Paramount office