Or did he protect everyone on his side and sacrifice whole teams and divisions to keep his army?

Anyone have an idea of how the layoffs were decided? I can’t help but wonder how the decisions were made. I was among those on my team let go and we are all wondering “why us?”. Some of us agree it could be based on our tenure but even that doesn’t... — read more 

I can’t keep track anymore. I pretty much accepted that I will be out of job by the end of the year, so there’s that. Paramount+ was butchered - sorry, guys, for all of you who hoped to keep the job. Sorry for all of us because we have to go through... — read more 

Once again, guess who'll be expected to pick up the work of those who were laid off? It happens every single time. We get to do more work for the same pay. We'll have to break our backs to get it done, but nobody cares about that. They had to cut... — read more 

Union puts out some janky letter patronizing the membership about being peeved? They'll do bupkis. Extortion! Company full of DEI lackey hires, even at the executive level. Running the company into the ground! Even Larry Tisch was better. The CBS... — read more 

I posted asking how his group made it through unscathed again despite Chris being an incompetent CEO and somehow it was posted and removed. He and his team have had virtually no impacts yet he creates chaos every day.

how did your teams do ?

or have your managers touched base and told you you're good?

The separation of an additional 66 employees will take place in three (3) phases. Phase 1 (1): December 6, 2024, Phase 2 (1): December 13, 2024, Phase 3 (64): December 16, 2024. happy holidays

I’ll keep this brief. It seems there was a recurring pattern in how layoffs were decided, and it wasn’t JUST based on total compensation and we know performance wasn’t a huge deciding factor. From what I’ve observed, many of those affected didn’t... — read more 

My office is in New York. My severance is showing Will I continue to get paychecks for 90 days?

Paramount Global is starting Phase 2 of its planned layoffs, according to a memo sent early Tuesday morning by the media company’s co-chief... — read more 

The last few go-arounds some staff members were informed towards the close of the work day that they were safe. Others were not and were left wondering and waiting, causing unnecessary anxiety. This is already a highly cruel and poorly mismanaged... — read more 

has anyone been contacted after the all hands this am? from either marketing or tech

NFL is releasing a statement at 2:45 this afternoon regarding linear assets and providers, specifically regarding those entities with economic difficulties within their purview. Although this will likely be done without mentioning CBS specifically... — read more 

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Fu--ing done with this BS. If you're going to slash my team, you tell them. I know, boo-ho I still have a job at this clown show. Once I'm done telling everyone they'll likely cut me too.

the waiting is the worst .

Hi Everyone, We are following up on the note below to inform you that today, we will begin phase two of our workforce reductions in the US. Like the entire Media industry, we are working to accelerate streaming profitability while at the same time... — read more 

I need this to be over, one way or another. I just need to move on. This is destroying my mental health.

Age adjustment allowance = Ten percent of basic severance allowance for each year the employee is over 40 years of age at the time of separation (2.5 percent of the basic severance allowance for every full 3 months the employee's age is over age 40). — read more 

I know today’s a rough one for a lot of our team, and it’s important we’re here for each other. If you’re wondering how to help someone who’s struggling, here are a few ideas: Acknowledge Their Feelings: Even something as simple as, “I can’t imagine... — read more 

Looks like a lot of people have already received their notifications - what are the chances they sent everything out today? Could it be that if we haven't received anything yet, we're safe? I haven't been here long (just over a year) so I'm not sure... — read more 

...the Pep Boys get shitcanned with no mercy when the merger happens? Too bad they get the golden parachute, but I hope they never work again. Clown show since day one. Fu-k all three

We are in this cr-p together. Be nice to each other. Be nice to yourself as well. I know it’s hard to lose a job, we all are afraid for our livelihoods. But if you ruin your health, physical and emotional, having a job will not make a difference... — read more 

How the “Office of the CEO” can announce $500 million in cost cuts (aka our jobs) while ALSO taking a combined $9 MILLION in BONUS money tells you everything you need to know! Why more people internally haven’t noticed this is beyond me... — read more 

I’ve seen this one before, it’s a classic. The bad guys win, the good guys are out on their ear and the ship sinks anyway.

Tomorrow, good, hardworking people who are experts in their field will be laid off. There will also be people who will not be laid off but truly deserve to be. The way leadership has mismanaged this company and destroyed livelihoods and dreams is... — read more 

Im not hearing about people stepping down as I expected at Streaming ... are the EVP SVP etc just laying off the rest of us?? what do you think?

Lovely. Nice knowing you all, I guess.

cant wait for this to be over

Wishing you all the best of luck tomorrow, no matter what happens. Hope we all find peace.

A bunch of HR people are booked from 9am-6pm with 30 minute meetings. Are layoffs happening right now?

A previous post said streaming is doing automated emails in am. Does anyone know if thats accurate? Is that all divisions under streaming org? I did read how Nick handled it; they posted Streaming would go that way.

Now that we’re almost in the last 24 hours or so for this shithousery to come to an end, how are you all doing?