Seeing all these groupie tech bros in the comments bending over backwards to justify what LTT has done makes me understand why she was afraid to come forward.
I hope Madison is in a good, safe work environment now. The few episodes she was in were amazing, such a likeable, funny person. Stay safe out there.
After I came forward about being assaulted, Someone accused Linus of inappropriate conduct on twitter.
He came over to my corner and started BERATING HER. Calling her insane, mentally ill, an attention seeker, and just digging into this poor woman who had felt wronged by him.
o.0 what a hell hole. company is run by woman haters. zero respect for women.
Linus has always struck me as fake as FUCK. He acts like every manager I’ve ever had that completely changes their attitude when behind closed doors. He also seems like his favorite thing in the world is one more penny in his bank account.
Whenever he speaks about the business side of things, work conditions or unions you can feel it, he’s a soul crusher. Heck he mentioned something along the line of “Although we don’t necessarily respect labor laws all the time, we know we’ve got good work conditions and if an employee wants to start talking labor laws… Well, two can play this game.”
It’s so fucking wild these guys don’t hear how fucked up what they say sounds.
can you ever had people working under you?
I never felt the need to threaten my colleagues who wanted to see their rights respected and I never felt the need to not respect labor laws.
Is that why you were asking?
You didn’t answer so no
I think my answer made it clear that yes, but I guess that if you’re asking stupid questions then I must not expect you to be able to deduce things.
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Yep. Fuck this. I’m out.
If this is true this is bad. Like, really bad
I say “if” just because I don’t really know what the facts are, I just know what some people are claiming
To be clear, I’m not saying it didn’t happen, I’m just saying that, at the moment, it’s just Madison saying these things did happen and Linus essentially saying they didn’t
My question is if she had such a bad experience, why hasn’t anyone else said anything, or at least put a negative review on Glassdoor or something? Did she just have a awful experience that was unusual, or is everyone/a large number of people treated like this? I don’t think it’s the second or it would’ve come out already and from more than one source (and the turnover is pretty low for LMG if I’m not mistaken, so that also doesn’t make sense), but I don’t really know. That’s really the crux of the situation, is I just don’t know. I’m glad they got an outside investigator though; hopefully that’ll clear everything up
Honestly, when you’re being massacred at your job and leave it the last thing you want is to talk about it. Also your judgement is clouded and you have an insane fear that your employer could ruin your chances of ever getting a new job again at the same field of work - specially one as jug as LMG.
Think about it, management ruined your life while dealing with them everyday. Why wouldn’t they ruin if they could without even needing to see you again?
The thing is, you’d espect more people to leave the place if it’s abusive. Hopefully they will be able to clear the air and enact some real consequences.
Nothing is black and white, man. People endure abusive abuse places if they grow into it, or if they can’t see any other clear option. It’s a little easier to jump if you just arrived, because that thing becomes absurdly apparent.
I guess you’re right. The contrast between people raving about working for Linus in the past and some of the information coming to light now is just too dissonant to process for me.
You can read the same texts better here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html
… I suppose the only way to move forward is to see how LMG/LTT responds… Untill then, I’ve halted all FP subscriptions and unsubbed from all channels. Especially considering the response to GN’s piece.
If it’s true that all they care about is their bottom line, unsubbing is the best thing you can do.
Sadly Idk how many subs they’re gonna lose due to both this and the GN piece. It might not be enough to send a strong enough message.
Halting all payments is the best thing you can do. But subscribe count hasn’t really mattered for a long time now. Not a bad thing to unsubscribe but just wanted to point out it’s not the best thing you can do.
View count is what matters so simply stop watching, less watchers means less ad revenue
Reading about the situation in general as they unfold makes me more and more disappointed with LTT.
I already had dwindling respect for the company, now it’s zero, it’s disgraceful and a horrible asset to the tech world
Wow, that really sounds like a horribly toxic experience :(
This is terrible. I hope LTT is done for and this can be reckoned with. Also, some of this might be better turned into a criminal case.
The pressure and huge workload is not suprising they have been pretty clear about that and that was highlighed in their own video with employees interviews.
The contract part if true, is infuriating and a big deal. That’s a harsh lesson to learn, but always sign a contract before moving for a job.
“inappropriatary grabbed multiple times in the office, amongst other issues” makes some harsh implications but doesn’t really explain anything. If the recounting is accurate, press charges. I’m sure at this point some law firm would take the case pro bono.
