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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:05 PM Jul 2020

Ellen DeGeneres runs a toxic workplace enviornment.. Buzzfeednews:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-employees-allege-toxic-workplace-culture?utm_source=pocket-newtab

If you read the entire story, I wonder if your conclusion will be the same as mine: Ellen knows exactly what is going on, and encourages her producers to act that way. If she did not allow this, & silently encourage this, it would not happen. What is your opinion?
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Ellen DeGeneres runs a toxic workplace enviornment.. Buzzfeednews: (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2020 OP
check the name spelling in your title. Needs an edit! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #1
Spelling corrected...thank you for your help.. Stuart G Jul 2020 #3
thank you for not getting defensive! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #6
I know that is a hard one. Personally, I hate misspelled words. I am always appreciative when LizBeth Jul 2020 #10
. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #14
My god that was a stupid article Loki Liesmith Jul 2020 #2
Probably Faux pas Jul 2020 #4
I agree with you. If more than two or three say so, & many confirm what others say..Very likely to Stuart G Jul 2020 #7
And then you have HRC. I figured if so many many people for so many years are saying it.... LizBeth Jul 2020 #11
I'm not surprised. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #5
Isn't that true customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #8
I hate her "games." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2020 #12
Heeelarious. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #13
Ellen DeGeneres has been mean for years. Quemado Jul 2020 #9

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
3. Spelling corrected...thank you for your help..
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:15 PM
Jul 2020

I really can't spell, and often too excited to use spell check..But often I do use it. Sometimes in too much of a rush to check..

NRaleighLiberal

(60,560 posts)
6. thank you for not getting defensive!
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:19 PM
Jul 2020

I just want DUer posted OPs and DUers in general to get the clicks...and respect...that is deserved.

LizBeth

(10,888 posts)
10. I know that is a hard one. Personally, I hate misspelled words. I am always appreciative when
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:39 PM
Jul 2020

someone calls my attention to it even if they are being snarky. I do not care. I hate misspelled words so much more. Now grammar? Meh. Lol.

Faux pas

(15,415 posts)
4. Probably
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:16 PM
Jul 2020

true. I've learned over the years that true things whispered will turn into true things roared. It's sad.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
7. I agree with you. If more than two or three say so, & many confirm what others say..Very likely to
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:23 PM
Jul 2020
be true...........................................................................................................
Also, if Ellen knew her people were treating others that way, why wouldn't she stop it?
.......Also, do people assume she does not know about this behavior?....My guess she knows.
......Also, if Ellen herself is that way, wouldn't the producers of her show mimic her behavior?

....Quite ugly, but my feeling is that this is true....Let's see if Ellen fires her producers...All of them.
.....And how she handles the publicity about this story.

LizBeth

(10,888 posts)
11. And then you have HRC. I figured if so many many people for so many years are saying it....
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:42 PM
Jul 2020

Then when she became a candidate and I actually listened to the accusations and did my research, I found it was all bullshit. So, I am particularly careful now especially with powerful women. But, I didn't read the article, just listening to you guys, and Ellen may be guilty. No idea.

LakeArenal

(29,852 posts)
5. I'm not surprised.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:19 PM
Jul 2020

The “games” on her show are based on humiliation.

I’ve heard rumors for years.

customerserviceguy

(25,188 posts)
8. Isn't that true
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:25 PM
Jul 2020

of most all so-called "reality" television? I suppose that the American Idol type shows don't feature humiliation as a centerpiece of their business model, but most of them have a "Simon" on the ever-present panel to provide a bit of stinging criticism for entertainment value.

I remember when cooking shows were about people teaching viewers how to make delicious food, rather than being about Gordon Ramsey and his clones shrieking at befuddled would-be chefs.

12. I hate her "games."
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:00 PM
Jul 2020

Let's let her be dropped 25 feet through the "Know-or-Go trap" door one time and see how she likes it. Christ, in Australia she dropped people 30 feet into the cold waters of the Sydney harbor -- without wetsuits! Or let her be blindfolded and dropped 20 feet into slime during "You Bet Your Wife."

Hey, I've got an idea for a game: velcro a blindfolded Ellen to a vertical spinning disk and have two contestants -- one with a paintball gun filled with yellow balls and a second contestant doing the same with red balls -- shoot at her spinning body. Most hits wins. It will be a yuck-a-second.











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