that cast a dark shadow on the long-running advice program.
“I would have nightmares,” a former employee told BuzzFeed, choosing to remain anonymous for fear of backlash. “Even when I quit, I had to go to therapy for it, which is crazy because you’re working for a therapist.” “It can be intense … but it is always professional,” said Michelle Thomasy, who has been the teleprompter operator since the show’s inception 20 years ago.
One current worker added: “I’ve worked jobs where people get angry, but this is a whole other level of just strange, neurotic behaviour, and it’s just unceasing, it’s just constant. There is no relief.”“If you complain to HR, you might as well expect to be fired,” one former employee told BuzzFeed. “They will do anything and everything they can to keep anything under wraps.
More than half of those who spoke to BuzzFeed reportedly said the set was further plagued by racism and racial stereotyping.
Lol ‘anonymous source’
Nothing but pay day merchants. Harden up.