For example, the site recently featured a story on the toddlers in the Japanese reality show Old Enough! There was a story with a “scoop” about the final episodes of Frankie and Grace, and a rundown of who’s crushing on whom in the teen series Heartstopper.
The member said they had signed a non-disclosure agreement when hired and so did not want their name used.Everyone on the team had been recruited by Netflix with promises of editorial independence, exclusive interviews with Netflix talent, and secure, well-paying jobs.It seemed like a dream job at first, they said, working with a diverse staff for good pay and loads of resources and opportunities.
And so this more than anything reads as a lack of investment into a project that they didn’t properly plan for or properly set up.” The writers and editors were full time or part time, on contract or on staff, and say they had no notice before losing their jobs.
Now they’re scrambling to find new jobs, sending out tweets asking for employment.
Yesterday, Netflix laid off some of its staff, many of them recently hired women of color.
And now that you’ve told me, I cannot get that Tudum sound out of my head.
When I asked Netflix for comment about the layoffs, a spokesperson sent a message saying that Tudum is, quote, “an important priority for the company.” You know, the site is still up, but it was just one team of writers and editors that got let go.
DEL BARCO: So it was 10 or 12 writers and editors who worked on the culture and trends section of the site, and they were all very experienced journalists who had previously worked for Vice, Teen Vogue, Vulture, The New York Times.
But off the record, they said that they’d all been hired – they’d all been recruited, that is – recruited heavily by Netflix with promises of editorial independence, exclusive interviews with Netflix talent – the actors, the filmmakers and so on – and, very importantly, secure jobs that paid very well.
The person I talked to said many of them had upended their lives to work for Netflix just a few months ago, and now they’re scrambling to find new jobs.