With Netflix dropping to nearly a quarter of its maximum price from 6 months ago, something had to give. First they came for the trains, then they came for other train-related employees, then they came for the woke cartoons (ohhhhhh, hoo boy - yep)
And now they're going scorched Earth in general, as they cut 70 animation studios, 60-70 social media roles and lay off 150 employees.
But all is not sweet bird-song in Twitter land and many tweeple are NOT happy:
Our Netflix film was laid off today and had a crew of 90% women with a wide range of diversities and perspectives.
I’m so sorry Amanda. :( they can’t keep doing this. god…
For real 😤 the amount of people laid off and the time span of it happening needs to be regulated or something, Because now we have a bunch of talented folks all looking for the same job all at once with only a few weeks of pay to live on.
If only there was something people could do when they have income to prepare for times when they don’t have income. Like some sort of reverse layaway for money.
Followed by the usual cliched "Learn to code" and "Get back to the Kitchen" replies along with countless others after that.
From here: https://twitter.com/starbyter/status/1527221406844325888):
Netflix cut all of its diversity departments including Strong Black Lead, Asian American-focused Golden, Latinx-focused Con Todo, and LGBTQ-focused Most
@starbyter said:
Unfortunately, cannot say I'm at all surprised 😕 I remember ppl voicing concerns about diversity hires being done just for show, for brownie points to look good in the face of black tragedy; and how they were suspicious about its legitimacy. Low and behold, they were right
Yep, I was one of them. As a Latina and bisexual, I'm not happy, I'm mad that we were proven right in the end.
Some trolls come out to play:
I mean what did y’all expect getting hired for the look and not for your skills
They think they should be hired to make crap content and be activists all day
....is swiftly met by @starbyter's response:
Silence racists, my replies aren't a place for you to be used pieces of tissue. BEGONE
...with the rejoinder:
I agree we should silence racists. This Netflix purge is a good start.
Following on from submissions along this line, I thought I'd add this to the collection. To summarize, games companies were not happy with the ratings that Amiga Power awarded their games, so they reduced perks, withdrew advertising, and even faxed them legal writs in an attempt to blackmail them. Gamergate before Gamergate.
More in depth information relating to those mini "The Plaintiff" stories is found at this URL, which talks about the bad behaviour of games companies. There's some funny items, particularly comparing one of Domark's games to worldwide catastrophes such as famine where Domark was NOT happy and threatened Amiga Power with their lawyers.