From Brad❤️
Brads filming with Andy today! Looks like a fish video.
wourder reblogged
The Proskauer Rose investigation is complete, and they did not uncover “evidence that race played a factor in setting compensation for any video team members”. (Proskauer Rose being a law firm notorious for union-busting.)
With the conclusion of this investigation, Alex Delany and Matt Hunziker’s suspensions are over.
This article includes a full memo sent to Bon Appétit staff on Friday.
Interesting to learn from molly that the YouTube stuff was a separate contract.
Follow up to my last post from Sohla and Rick
Priya is done with BA. I’ve also heard Sohla is done with video but staying to develop recipes, and Rick bought a house in Mexico where he was quarantined so I assume he’s done with video.
“For this episode, we reached out to 17 people who currently work for Bon Appetit as employees or contributors, including all of the Test Kitchen YouTube stars, as well as editorial, production, and support staff. Six people agreed to talk to us, though all of them requested not to be named for fear of retaliation, or because of ongoing negotiations with the company. No one agreed to be interviewed on tape.”
“Andres O’Hara: One person from the BA Test Kitchen, who spoke with us calls the suspension, “nefarious.” On the day Hunziker was suspended, several BA staffers and contributors, including people of color, posted messages of support for him on social media. They even started a hashtag, #standwithhunzi. Then that evening, there was a mandatory all staff meeting at 7pm. It was announced just 30 minutes in advance. Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and “Global Content Advisor” for Conde Nast was in attendance.
Dan Pashman: Multiple sources confirm that in this meeting, people were called out by name for supporting Matt Hunziker on social media and told to take down their posts.
“Several people at Bon Appetit tell us that, because of the way negotiations are going, there’s a real possibility that a core group of Test Kitchen stars will leave the company.”
BradDad more like zadddy amirite