Anything about another planned round of layoffs before summer?

More security guards are back to work at (undisclosed location) and they're once again cleaning and disinfecting the entire facility over the next two weeks. Obviously, this must be in preparation for calling people back to work. Anyone know more... — read more 

ViacomCBS should take note. Enough mistreatment of PBEs! Stop classifying full-time employees as freelancers just to avoid paying benefits! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/technology/california-uber-lyft-lawsuit.amp.html — read more 

With ViacomCBS’s stock cratering even before the COVID-19 crisis, stockholder litigation is shining a harsh new spotlight on the deal. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/lawsuit-shari-redstone-cbs-massively-overpay-for-viacom

This round definitely seemed to be driven by salary for a lot of the list Its clear no one discussed the actual contribution of our now departed colleagues Plus they cut too deep for the workload between pbes and staff Hey Bob whats the plan now? — read more 

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-coronavirus-trevor-noah-pays-furloughed-workers-salaries-20200501-4huczo4gqffvhkvpfcjg67aisa-story.html

Anything planned for May?

It's time for us to unionize to end this terror

JK Why would a leader attempt to save countless employees from being laid off during these unprecedented times.

Long-time (Viacom legacy) employee here. Yesterday was very stressful for all of us. Personally, I lost 5 colleagues in my department and at least that many in other departments I work with on a daily basis. It s—s. It’s also obvious that... — read more 

Chances are they didn't have enough time yesterday to lay off everybody they wanted to, considering how many departments were affected. I wouldn't be surprised if we see as many layoffs today - if not more. This company has once more proven how... — read more 

Layoffs are happening under the Youth and Entertainment group with no plan in place. SVP’s are clueless or at least pretending to be.

How come we haven’t seen senior leadership take pay cuts to stave off people losing their livelihoods? Instead that CBS Joe I guy gets a huge payout (like Phillipe Dauman before him). It’s outrageous we haven’t seen Bob, Chris and the others take a... — read more 

Cuts over at MTV... — read more 

We should ALL be reaching out to reporters so we can expose Viacom’s mistreatment of employees. Journalists aren’t capitalizing on our grief, they’re trying to hold a company accountable for laying off hundreds during a PANDEMIC. Bob announced a... — read more 

I’ve been at Viacom for a very long time (17 yrs). Long enough to see they’re up to their same reprehensible tactics. The first to go are usually PERMAlancers who aren’t covered by equal employment laws and are given no severance. They’re then... — read more 

What’s the news out of LA and Burbank and any idea if they are honoring union severance deals and seniority.

The head as well as all VPs, all editors, half the design/animation team had a ‘separation’ from the company today. Firings were completely based on income. From what I’ve gathered, no one from PN or TVL was consulted on who should retained... — read more 

Looking past this week are any further rounds of layoffs planned, or is this it for awhile?

Any news? What's happened to Milan and Madrid during the pandemic. Maybe evetything should run out of New York and London. Would save on overhead.

We should ALL be reaching out to reporters so we can expose Viacom’s mistreatment of employees. Journalists aren’t capitalizing on our grief, they’re trying to hold a company accountable for laying off hundreds during a PANDEMIC. Bob announced a $100... — read more 

Some arguing producing old and stale content similar to a Sbarro slice.

Starting at 11:00am going on throughout the day. Via phone calls and Skype/BlueJeans, etc with your manager. HR will also be on the call.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-04-24/redstone-cbs-viacom-merger-shareholder-lawsuit

How is it confirmed? Anyone know what groups are being hit ? There is nothing in NY or LA Warn reports like last time. The unions seem to know nothing.

Has it begun?

The company will definitely wait until the virus drama dwindles before doing mass layoffs in order to display some sort of compassion towards humanity.

Day of the week, time of day, all that- trying to better mentally prepare for this week .

What’s happening at Velocity, anyone know?

roles being shifted and moved around- bracing for impact

Various departments have said layoffs next week. Anyone know anything?

Are we honestly expected to just act like nothing happened? A little ridiculous that so many layoffs occurred in my department last week and we haven’t received a single email or meeting invite to address the issue

https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/viacomcbs-lays-off-several-contracted-workers-across-multiple-divisions/

My suggestion is to sell all the studios and buildings that Viacom and CBS owns and turn them all into skating rinks for people to enjoy. I mean why not they are skating on thin ice anyway. Sheri can be the first one to get on the ice to make sure it... — read more