The Ellen DeGeneres Show Subject of Internal Investigation After Workplace Complaints

Warner Bros. is conducting an inside investigation of The Ellen DeGeneres Display subsequent numerous complaints of a toxic do the job atmosphere.

Wide range and The Hollywood Reporter report a memo was emailed to staff members of The Ellen DeGeneres Show last week, which mentioned Warner Bros. will be interviewing present and former staffers about their knowledge on the established of the syndicated communicate demonstrate, for each their sources who have understanding of the email’s contents. Said interviews will be executed by  WarnerMedia’s employee relations group and an unspecified “3rd celebration organization,” according to Wide range. 

Two weeks back, BuzzFeed Information released accounts from one present and 10 former staffers who anonymously claimed they were subjected to a “toxic do the job atmosphere.” Numerous individuals alleged they were fired after taking health-related go away or bereavement times and were subjected to favoritism by executive producers, with just one other employee proclaiming they faced microaggressions 

Ellen DeGeneres was never ever accused of any of the alleged misconduct. And although none of the staffers named the communicate-demonstrate host, just one person mentioned, “I think the executive producers surround her and explain to her, ‘Things are heading terrific, everybody’s happy,’ and she just thinks that, but it’s her accountability to go over and above that.”