Thread regarding Mutual of America Life layoffs

@zd most legal experts say 1 or 2 episodes of insubordination are not enough. if CBS had a progressive disciplinary policy and they didn't follow it, even if he was under contract, CBS will be paying out millions to that pr-ick.

Scott Pelley is a jack@ss he would have been fired from any fortune 500 company long ago for insubordination with cause.

@j5 i second pelley's nomination for board of directors ! he'd be a great fit. hold management's feet to the fire

@q5 pelley was a pri.ck. people forget that he was fired from being the anchor of the CBS Evening News in 2017 at Blackrock and he was lucky that CBS top brass at the Tiffany Network didn't can him back then. the last 10 yrs he has become a grumpy old man

@m9 must be a slow newsday at Mutual of America ?

@mx that's exactly what that EVP, BR Green did to Sev back in 2016 and it got her fired. then, he got sued. then, she was paid close to a $1M to settle. Payback is a bee.otch.

@m9 when Pelley exploded in the meeting with Bilton, he was channeling what others inn the conference room loaded with cr-ppy bagels up on W 57th street were feeling. Bilton should have known/probably did know him and Weiss created a hornet's nest. Bilton lacked skills because he should have a stop to the meeting and a time out and getting Pelly yanked and hauled him down to the office so that it was just the two of them yelling at each other and once they are done, collect their hairry aasses and haul themselves back to staff meeting.

Bilton & Weiss just sealed their fate. $50M in lost ad dollars and 2M in lost viewers.

They will be FIRED !! and with that, welcome to the Layoff !!

#BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract.
Dear Mr. Pelley: I meant what I said in my letter last week to the 60 Minutes team: joining 60 Minutes is the honor of my career and I am grateful to be working alongside the people who have contributed to the most important television journalism brand this country has ever produced. While I'm new to 60 Minutes, I've devoted my career to investigative journalism and storytelling. I started this job excited to collaborate and to benefit from the wisdom and experience of the 60 Minutes veterans, with you among them. For that reason, one of the first things I did in my new role was call you to talk and invite you to dinner. It is a profound disappointment that you rejected that overture and chose ambush instead. Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staft to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt. I welcome a diversity of viewpoints and respectful debate among the team, but this was nothing of the sort. Yesterday's performative display of hostility-enacted in front of the staff instead of in a civil, private conversation demonstrated that you have no interest in contributing to the future success of the show, or approaching my new tenure with a mind open to collaboration and progress. I am here to deliver first-in-class news programming, not to make headlines about newsroom drama. I am eager
to work alongside those who share this goal. Despite yesterday's misconduct, I had hoped that in sitting down with you today we could find a
path forward together. You made clear that you are not interested in such a path.
Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you. I therefore write on behalf of CBS News, Inc. ("CBS") to inform you that your employment with
CBS is terminated for cause effective immediately. Enclosed is your formal termination letter.
Sincerely,
Nick Bilton
Executive Producer, 60 Minutes

@OP there is an opening on our board of directors for pelley. what is the time commitment like 24 days a year for $250K ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/fired-60-minutes-correspondent-scott-pelley-lashes-out-at-cbs-leadership-over-a-collapse-of-values-at-the-top/ar-AA24H7Bz