As Paramount and Warner Bros. prepare to combine forces and inevitably begin identifying "synergies" for cutting costs and eliminating jobs, there is a bold alternative hiding in plain sight: the walls of 1515 Broadway.
Rather than pursuing mass layoffs, the newly combined company should launch an aggressive corporate art initiative designed to cover every available square foot of office space within 1515. Every dollar that might otherwise be spent on severance could instead be redirected toward framing, mounting, lighting and professionally curating increasingly enormous pieces of IP until there is literally nowhere left to hang a single labor law poster.
More importantly, this strategy would dramatically improve employee morale and finally provide a compelling reason for everyone to embrace RTO. Imagine walking into 1515 every morning surrounded by enormous, beautifully framed reminders of Ridiculousness, Bar Rescue or Joker: Folie à Deux. Sigh. Breathtaking.
Employees would feel valued, inspired and increasingly excited, resulting in higher engagement, greater collaboration and a 67.38% increase in productivity.
The debt pays itself off.