Can we show a little sympathy to DE?

Anonymous · 2025-10-29T01:38:59Z

I mean the guy just saved Paramount and took on this immense task of building the studio back to its former glory. He has this massive weight on his shoulders being the new CEO, and now on top of it he’s forced to do lay offs? I just can’t imagine what’s going through his mind. I know layoffs are a guarantee with mergers, but still, it can’t be easy for the guy. I hope he’s doing all right and I hope we can show him some sympathy.

I get the sarcasm in the top post, but to some people I've seen writing in his defense lately, let’s not pretend this is about his merit. Everyone here knows how he got the reigns. Not through vision, not through a record of bold creative leadership, but through daddy's money. He was basically born into the boardroom. While the rest of us fought for a foot in the door, his was opened for him before he ever had to knock.

That’s not inherently shameful. Privilege isn't a flaw unless you waste it. To me, it seems like he inherited opportunity and mistook it for talent. And that’s what stings the most: watching someone born with every advantage, in my opinion, treat this company like a family heirloom instead of a place filled with real people doing real work. He bought a legacy built by risk-takers, artists, and outsiders. People who had to prove themselves every single day. Yet under his leadership, Paramount feels more like a gated estate guarded by executives who look the part, talk the part, and believe that their last names are a strategy. This company has access to brilliant people, that I feel are treated as props. More than ever, it feels like these executives stand on the labor of its talented employees and call it their own success.

It is shameful to me that he has the gall to make a bid for WBD when he torpedoes the livelihoods and mental health of so many people he already has working there. Everyone in the company will be impacted in some way by the layoffs today, and I wish us all the best. I don't have faith in the future of this company or its legacy but all the above is just my subjective opinion, so what do I know?

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