has terminated an unidentified staffer who shared “commercially sensitive information” with someone outside the company that was included in a Bloomberg news report, violating the streamer’s policies.’s “The Closer” stand-up special, which has stirred a major backlash both inside and outside the company over the comedian’s transphobic material.
“We have let go an employee for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement to. “We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix, but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company.”about the Netflix employee backlash about Chappelle’s special.
Per the Bloomberg report, Netflix paid $24.1 million for the “The Closer” and $23.6 million for Chappelle’s “Sticks & Stones” 2019 special. That’s well more than the company paid for Bo Burnham’s “Inside” special and even more than it shelled out for global smash hit. Netflix estimated an “impact value” for “Sticks & Stones” of $19.4 million, per the internal documents cited by Bloomberg. That gave “Sticks & Stones” an “efficiency” ratio of 0.8 compared with 2.8 for Burnham’s “Inside,” according to the report.
The leak of the confidential data to Bloomberg may have been intended to embarrass Netflix — to point out that the company has paid more for Chappelle’s controversial content than better-performing programming.. However, according to its employment policies, Netflix staff members are not allowed to share private info outside the company.
Dear, Variety employees, please leak the dirty stuff going on at your offices. I suppose they will reward your actions.
I saw part of the show and I found it funny, people are just making a huge think just of a comedy
F U Netflix. I hope you lose money on 'The Closer'.
Apparently, there's a Netflix algorithm on how to keep digging a hole.