Last night, at approximately 2AM ET, a former employee, Madison Reeve, posted a thread on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, accusing Linus Media Group of cultivating a toxic work environment and encouraging a work culture that was detrimental to her health as well as sexual harassment directed at her by Linus Media Group employees.

“I chose to quit my role at LTT because it, and the working environment I was facing, were ruining my mental health,” her statement begins. “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’.”

Reeve went on to accuse the company of barring her from videos after she reported being “grabbed multiple times in the office” and being told to “calm my tits” and “stop being such a bitch.”

Madisons’ thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html
(Content warning: self harm)

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21 points

There is the new ceo and he has only been there about 2 months. I do feel a little bad for him inheriting such a dumpster fire of Linus’ making.

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29 points

Yes, dumpster fire, but that is why the CEO’s “deserve” the big bucks.

Would be even better if LMG become a Co-op where the workers own part of the company…

Would be huge news in the tech world for a know youtuber to be forced by the workers to unionize or become a co-op.

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This was all probably brewing under the surface and why Linus knew he had to step down. We don’t know the ultimate motives, and I’m definitely not defending him, but it does paint a whole picture for sure

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