Netflix billed the January retreat as a “Vulnerability-Belief train,” held at Sendero Ranch, an organization property in Northern California. Kevin Baillie, then head of inventive at Netflix’s Eyeline Studios, used his flip to reveal that he’d taken supervised ketamine at a Santa Barbara clinic in late 2022 to deal with medical despair after his mom’s dying. He was fired in April and is now suing, reviews the Impartial.
The lawsuit says Netflix opened an inquiry into the disclosure, and that an investigator’s questions implied leisure drug use. Baillie claims a Netflix lawyer later confirmed the disclosure factored into his firing — a call that value him a $1.1 million-a-year job and as much as a yr of severance.
The submitting additionally describes a office tradition that inspired consuming: Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro allegedly saved a bar in his workplace and served drinks after conferences that included Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. On the identical January retreat, Baillie drank a pint of Guinness whereas standing on his head, at one other worker’s request. An earlier efficiency assessment had requested him to swear much less, although to not cease fully.
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