Netflix fires marketing executives after critical Slack comments

Netflix fired three senior film marketing executives, apparently because of comments they made on Slack about management.

Layoffs represent half of the workforce at this level, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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An insider says several months of messages were found by an employee who reported them.

The executives in question thought the messages were private.

But a Netflix spokesperson disputed the claims about the content of the messages.

“The portrayal of the soft messages in question critical of marketing leadership is wrong,” the spokesperson said.

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It was reported that their immediate boss – Jonathan Helfgot, vice president of marketing for the original films, who was among those criticized – was reluctant to fire the three for their comments, but bowed to pressure from senior officials in the business.

Others have reportedly been criticized, including marketing manager Bozoma Saint John. Although Saint John is black, an insider said the company did not find any content in the chat that is racist or derogatory towards any particular community.

An employee told The Hollywood Reporter that executives might have been better off talking more openly about their complaints.

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Netflix’s job website includes the following line: “You only say things about your coworkers that you tell them to their face.”