Paramount has already decimated a good portion of the linear portion of its properties, especially CBS. The thought is that a good chunk of this round will be Turner-focused. However, if the merger brings only upper management numbers and not brains, it's Sears/Kmart. If there's a certain amount of creative thought brought to the table, there's a small chance it could be something. Confidence is low however, if you simply watch what has occurred over the last five years. Of course, everybody's a critic, especially the trading public.
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@cg You’re talking about Europe like it’s one country. That stereotype fits France and Spain more than Poland, and even then, it’s a generalization.
@f9 zero? All remote?
@ez how many?
@b4 how many efficient ai teams are commuting to office these days?
The Caribbean Worker jokes are so corny and overdone in these threads….
@c7 Poland like most of Europe is not reliable. They only work a few months before quitting just keep the government subsidies.
@c7 agree
@b5 What's wrong with the office in Poland? From what I can see, the people there are well organized, innovative, and work hard.
I think we should seriously call out these Caribbean remote workers,
@ax yes and the EVPs of the world. This is where they need to chop heads.
The post about nothing
Sometimes it feels like SVPs, VPs, and directors are the only ones who “work” at our company, and they are planning layoffs, lol. And once again, it’ll be the people who actually do the work and keep things running. I think this ship is sinking. 💀
The Viacom layer is toxic, a “good ole boy (& girl)” network that stifles expediency and throughput as it threatens their existence. The amount of these tenured people and that offshore Poland office who operate in a 20 year old model is sick. If anyone challenges or exposes the racket they get put on the list as in past layoffs. One can only hope they take out this layer especially in the P+ and Pluto tribes. Too many chiefs and not enough indians!
@b2 yes. Many with massive reporting lines with remits that do not belong in their org. Will this be evaluated ? How much are teams actually delivering? A small team leveraging technology (AI enabled) driving higher output than an large team sounds efficient.
Many with few reports but also some with many disparate reports. Many reporting structures don’t make any sense at all in terms of what people are working on and where they are located. Just totally random.
@ar Definitely running lean. I cant see any room for cuts where im at. But I will admit that there are more manager titles than regular individual contributor titles in this company. I wonder what the report is going to say from the efficiency experts after they were digging recently. Directors, Sr Dirs, and VPs with 1-2 direct reports may be in danger.
Way too many layers of management and over inflated titles without the staff or responsibility. The amount of SVP, VP and Director roles is ridiculous.
Teams have been reduced significantly on the Paramount side, from countless rounds of layoffs over the years. Everyone has multiple roles and broaden responsibilities as a result.