https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cbs-diversity-1203493784/
According to sources, five members of CBS’ nine-person corporate diversity team have been let go or have been told that their positions are likely to be eliminated. Among those affected are two high-ranking corporate diversity execs and three assistants, one of whom is a contract employee.
While crass, welcome to what CBS IT faces many times each year. Entire teams get cut and that work drops in the laps of those left. It happens so often that it is a fact of life. Put money aside for the eventuality so you are not caught unaware.
Remember that it is often not personal. There are not life-long jobs that our parents and grandparents had from when hired until retired.
What do they mean by distribution? Also what exactly is legacy CBS cable television operations?
At this point you gotta get that severance! If you’re lucky enough to get one... Look for another job or “live” through the merger and see what happens. We do have choices.
Good for you that you love your job but everyone is not you and does not have the same situation. Also just leaving a job isn't as easy as can be because if you don't have another job lined up where do you go? Just leave? Simply stated from a simple mind obviously.
That person who claims to love their job must be a bot. Love doing the work of 3, 4, 5 people? Keep that attitude up and more companies will treat their employees like that.
Wait, so this person came to THIS website to declare their love for this job? This doesn’t quite sound right and it’s only a Tuesday.
I’m so sorry for your family medical issues and any pain or negative implications you all have currently or will in the upcoming months. We are all stuck in an unfortunate situation. Clearly one that we cant control. Update those resumes, look out for your hard working colleagues and spend all the time in the world with your friends and family. Good luck everyone.
If you don’t like your job leave. I for one enjoy my job and the company of my coworkers. My pay is reasonable and it allows me to pay my bills AND take care of my family. I’d be more than happy to do the work of 3 people or 4,5 etc.
Sorry to hear how long you are working and how it's taken a toll on your family. Hope your wife gets better also. So many other countries live on like a few hundred dollars a year and in this country so many other opportunities and people make more but it's also expensive to live here also so in a way not sure how much better off we are here. Wages are not keeping up with the expenses overall.
My current "one job" is technically three jobs, multiplied workload from prior re-orgs. Because of this, I work till 9pm often and I don't see my wife or kids much. I get paid poorly, my wife has failing health and we both have chronic depression. At least my kid watches our shows and buys toys.
We all can do the work of 3 people and you know it because notice when you only do your one job through the day how much you are actually working:)
I'm not afraid of being laid off, more afraid of surviving and having to do 3 people's jobs
High PAY and long time employee are at risk "OK".
Source below... ViacomCBS Cuts Diversity Staff Amid Consolidation (EXCLUSIVE)
DANIEL HOLLOWAY FEBRUARY 05, 2020
ViacomCBS is letting go of staff amid a reorganization of its corporate diversity and inclusion department. Sources tell Variety that the cuts are concentrated in ’ legacy corporate-diversity department.
According to sources, five members of ’ nine-person corporate diversity team have been let go or have been told that their positions are likely to be eliminated. Among those affected are two high-ranking corporate diversity execs and three assistants, one of whom is a contract employee. All impacted employees have either left or are expected to leave the company by May 31. One source told Variety that talks with employees are ongoing and that final decisions regarding the makeup of the ViacomCBS corporate diversity and inclusion team have not been made.
A ViacomCBS spokesperson declined to comment.
Sources tell Variety that New York-based staffers were first informed that positions would be eliminated last month after a meeting with global head of inclusion Marva Smalls at Viacom’s corporate headquarters to discuss planning for the media giant’s efforts for Black History Month.
Smalls was named global head of inclusion for ViacomCBS in November, ahead of the closing of the deal that saw Viacom acquire CBS Corp. She previously held the same position for Viacom. Smalls’ legacy Viacom department is said to consist of four people total, while similar departments at ViacomCBS brands Paramount and Nickelodeon are said to contain two to three employees each. The diversity and inclusion department at CBS Entertainment, which consists of five people, is said to be unaffected. Also in November, the company announced that Josie Thomas, executive vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer at CBS Corp., would exit the company following a transition period. Thomas is expected to depart as early as next week.
Changes in the diversity and inclusion ranks come amid a massive company-wide reorganization at the newly formed ViacomCBS that is expected to impact multiple departments.
Under ousted CEO Leslie Moonves, CBS had been frequently criticized for lagging behind competitors in terms of diversity and inclusion on both its broadcast network and in its executive ranks. Outgoing CBS Corp. CEO Joe Ianniello touted the company’s diversity efforts in an August memo distributed to staff last summer in the lead up to the CBS and Viacom merger.
“I am reiterating CBS’ lasting principles of fairness, collaboration and respect that govern all of us,” Ianniello wrote. “My leadership team is fully on board, and I will take the lead in holding everyone accountable, so that inclusiveness is understood as a business imperative and a cornerstone of our culture.” He went on to say that the company was “increasing headcount and resources in Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion.” ViacomCBS announced last month that Ianniello would exit the company, as Viacom and NBCUniversal veteran George Cheeks comes aboard to head most of the legacy CBS businesses.
In November, ViacomCBS’ chairwoman Shari Redstone said that she was committed to ensuring that the company’s board reflected gender and racial diversity during an appearance at the Paley Center for Media’s International Council Summit in New York
Source: https://outline.com/zYNrKV
Why after President's day?
PRINT OUT YOUR RESUMES. Wake the hell up everyone. It's threat level midnight.
Yes. Gonna be a blood bath. Can’t wait.
day after Presidents' Day there will be large lay offs.
So much for diversity http://www.diversityjournal.com/12300-josie-thomas-cbs-corporation/
Stinks they lost their jobs but it’s only a handful. These aren’t the numbers they need. The shoe still hasn’t dropped