Former employees speak out about the abrupt shutdown of Russell Simmons' rap-focused media company
last year due to sexual assault allegations, suffering from rampant mismanagement and a toxic work culture, six former employees tellreported last week that the company was laying off its entire staff and closing entirely, with a business advisory firm coming into its Los Angeles building to divvy up assets — but CEO Chris Blackwell disputed that this week, saying to
“No one knows the truth, which is the scariest part of it,” says one former employee who requested anonymity. “I don’t think anyone’s ever been told the truth in that building. The way Chris is talking about it now makes it sound even crazier.
“Every bad stereotype that you hear about what this industry could be thrived in that environment. It was everything you were warned about.” — former All Def Digital employee According to ex-employees, four women quit at the same time because they were unhappy with the work environment. In other instances they recounted, employees were guilt-tripped to take on multiple jobs and suffered injuries from being asked to perform physical labor outside of their roles. The staff count eventually dwindled from 60 to 15.
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