Well if the accusations are on point then those who perpetrated it can burn and the organisation as a whole can take the hit to their image. They wanna shit the bed hard they can lay in it.
It's far more nuanced than that. Her accusations are a bit like death by a thousand cuts to where most of them taken alone aren't that big a deal, that's why I would like more details on 2 of them. Lots of that stuff happens in most work environments to some degree. I've watched the occasional LTT video and listened to a WAN show here and there (as I have 3 hour drives sometimes for work and gotta listen to something), it seems like Linus is a genuine good guy. What seems like happened was that the core group that started the company put in mad hours to get it very successful and then you have to hire more people as you expand and those first so many hires were probably fine with the work environment and close to as dedicated as the initial group, but then as you expand more an more and get the amount of employees they have, that work environment can't become anything but toxic as the group just becomes too large for that to possibly continue to work. Madison is obviously someone that can't work in that kinda environment, which there's nothing wrong with that. Employees then become resentful of each other and it just downward spirals forever and then you get an implosion (as we are witnessing right now). You probably have managers pushing the employees to get all the work done so people like Linus aren't breathing down their necks and you get told taking days off is bad and all that. I'd hope someone telling Linus directly about needing a day off would result in him understanding (it's just that stuff would never get to him) as he does seem like a good guy; however, some of his excuses and denials were pretty cringe. Overall, I feel like everyone had good intentions and the train just got too much momentum and they didn't have Denzel (Unstoppable reference!!!) to reign it in and the train inevitably derailed. I very much doubt anyone is evil in this scenario; it's not that Madison's complaints are meaningless nor are they the nail in the coffin and Linus isn't some evil boss whipping his employees to work in inhumane conditions nor is he absolved of any responsibility either. The truth is somewhere between those extremes and most likely at the most extreme 60/40 to one end.
The one that makes me sit and pause is the alleged bait and switch with the contract. Like if I recall the reading its alleged she was offered one contract, and then upon arriving to sign had a totally different one. That should be an easy enough one to prove or disprove. All the others are gonna basically need everyone to have some sessions with bare bulbs and probing questions.
Yeah, that's 1 of the 2 things in her complaints that I'd like to know the whole story on as if true and done purposefully maliciously, that's something that's very damning to Linus and the company. That would definitely get me to not indulge in any of their content again.
I couldn't believe I hadn't heard that line about unions before, but... wow, fuck that. The GN videos were also just crazy to watch. It sucks cause I liked a good handful of LTT/LMG videos and some of the clips of the WAN show were informative and interesting watches that I liked to tune into when I am washing my dishes. But now I just feel sick about all of it. This whole event lead me to dig back a little about past controversies, and... yeah, Linus doesn't seem as together and respectable as I thought. It's a damn shame too. It's even more of a shame that the allegations might be true as well.
Look I'm gonna stop you right there. Apology videos are always farcical - even when they're sincere - because they're a wholly unnatural way to go about doing anything. In fact if I ran a business I'd make it a policy to never do them. I mean you're gonna get shit slung at you regardless so you may as well just do a standard press release and focus your energies on doing something productive like lining everyone up against the wall and asking for confessions.
Fair enough. But trying to make one seem genuine at least, to me, shows some level of effort to recognize and acknowledge the problems put forward, even if nothing comes of it. Farcical or not, an apology video that addresses every single problem put forward at least, on some small level, requires mental acknowledgement that the problem exists on the part of the people making the apology video. Whether it matters to the people making the video is another debate that could go on for quite some time.
The only people who apologise convincingly on camera are actors. Also see previous comment about a press release: a simple typed statement that can be read at an individuals leisure. If they feel it must involve actual people, do it as a live stream in the vein of a press statement.
Whoever decided it'd be a funny idea to put a "segue to our sponsors" joke in that video needs to never write anything again.
Technically, you're right. But their audience also owes them nothing in return, and if it decides that's unacceptable, stops watching their videos and buying their merchandise, then the company will go away in very short order, private or not.
Yes. I know that, and I think it’s a notion more people need to square with. Besides, if they did Madison this dirty they deserve to fail.
That was the worst. As another YouTuber who briefly made a video on this said, them mentioning Dbrand at the end after that segue made it semi-sponsored by proxy.
I was considering buying a thing or two from them, was just waiting for the time to be right. There goes that idea.
Good point, I like all of these options quite a bit better than what we got
