'By gutting these social teams and Tudum, letting go of hundreds of marginalized professionals with only a couple weeks’ severance, Netflix seems to be sending a clear message about what (and who) it values,' writes lpbradley
As Netflix’s culture memo now reads: “If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”
The popular narrative surrounding the Netflix layoffs suggests that the company’s money problems brought down the ax, but a source told The Daily Beast that doesn’t really seem to be the case. The success of Strong Black Lead prompted Netflix to court other marginalized communities with voice-driven accounts like the LGBTQ-focused Most, the Latinx channel Con Todo, and AAPI-centered Golden. But the past several months of Netflix content have been both homogenous and more importantly, multiple sources admitted, just plain bad. “So bad.
“There’s never a concrete next action step. There’s never a reinvestment in the community that’s been harmed,” they said. “It’s always, ‘We see you, we hear you, and also we’re gonna continue to platform Chappelle.’”
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