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Madison on why she quit (lemmy.ml)

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[–] burretploof@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] 99nights@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Been out of the loop last few weeks but damn, all of a sudden LTT has been getting so much hate lately almost everywhere I look.

[–] Why9@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As they should.

Linus has come out to be manipulative, extremely thin skinned, and the epicentre of most of what's wrong with LTT right now.

From rejecting content creators' pleas to redo shoots due to errors, belittling people for complaints both in the company and out in the community (including product partners), to being a source of the misogyny and maltreatment of women, it's clear that he himself has lost sight of what LTT was.

[–] 99nights@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I've always thought something suss of him since he started becoming a bigger content creator. He just seems off as a person in general. His arrogance bleeds through his stupid face.

[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I'm more inclined to trust this account than I am with others because there's a lot of things she mentioned which are quite synonymous with the 'tech bro' industry:

My work was called "dogshit" I was called "incompetent". When I would reach out to managers and try to get help with these situations, I would be told to "put on my big girl pants" and be "more assertive".

However, I will withhold my judgement until I hear both sides of the story like always. I also don't know why she didn't press criminal charges, I'm sure sexual assault is a crime in Canada and you won't have to pay legal fees like she mentioned towards the end. And one more thing, she should have mentioned these "managers", "certain members", and alleged sex offenders by name.

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[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m on team Suop

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