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Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

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[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow quick and decisive action by CEO to call in external investigation. Reading Linus' response, it doesn't even appear that he would consider external investigation. He states that HR would conduct a thorough review. I'll be frank, I don't trust Colton to run the HR review.

I bet once this issue is resolved, we might see Terren bring in external subject matter experts to completely overhaul LMG business operations. HR consultants, Operations and Logistics consultants, Finance, etc. Up until now, LMG was/is run by a self-taught/self-made/learning-on-the-job crew. Can't do that when you're now a corp.

Edit: I would love to sub to a channel called TBT (Terren Business Tips) 😂

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Up until now, LMG was/is run by a self-taught/self-made/learning-on-the-job crew. Can't do that when you're now a corp.

Linus hired an experienced CEO who, I'm sure started these kind of discussions of creating a cohesive work environment several months ago.

[–] steakmeout@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago

You mean Linus hired the amoral cowboy he learned from.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The company has currently paused all production to improve its review processes, and CEO Terren Tong tells The Verge an outside investigator will be hired to examine the harassment allegations.

“We’ve been seeing an alarming amount of conflicts from Linus Tech Tips as it relates to their corporate connections, their flow of money, and the potential bias as a result of those things,” said Gamers Nexus host Steve Burke.

According to Gamers Nexus, Linus Tech Tips reviewed a copper cooling block from Billet Labs on the wrong GPU, then auctioned it off at a recent fan event without the company’s permission.

The afternoon after Gamers Nexus posted its video, Sebastian began responding to concerned fans in the Linus Tech Tips forums.

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.”

He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”


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[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The more I read about LMG, the more the structure of the company looks like a mob.

There is one guy with his wife at the top of the pyramid. The CEO and others are below. If the top of the pyramid has what it ask for, nobody will care about what's happening.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's how companies are structured. What you want staff to be higher up the chain of command and CEOs I'm not quite sure what you're asking for

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean... Yeah? CEOs suck if you've been paying attention. Most "chains of command" are just privileged people with connections. Then you have the lower management (let's be real fuck middle management they're almost always useless) and workers doing the actual labor and making the least. That always feels stupid to me 🤷‍♀️

[–] icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This situation is awfull and, i mean, i know sexual harasement is very serious and its really insensitive to joke about but i really cant help it, so if you are sensible to that type of comments then dont read it and feel free to downvote, ill understeand, so here i go, you have been warned:

Linus sex tips.

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. Though you don't need to tell oversensitive people to not be offended as they'll be offended anyways.

[–] Dalinar@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't believe you said that

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

I believe I do believe.