Online content producer MrBeast’s company wrongfully terminated a female staffer shortly after she returned from maternity leave, the woman said in a lawsuit alleging a sexist culture that pressured her to join a conference call from the labor and delivery room.
The staffer, Lorrayne Mavromatis, said company leadership subjected her to sexual harassment, demoted her after she complained internally about the harassment, and expected her to continue working during her parental leave in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
The company, MrBeastYouTube LLC, had no policy for maternity leave and failed to inform her of her rights under the FMLA after she notified a manager of her pregnancy and said she would need to take leave, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
If I’ve got an hour and change to spare. I’ve seen a few “behind the Beast” take downs and know some of the story, at least. Yadda Yadda, he’s a consequence of structural forces, not some Great Man of Internet History. And now that the streaming networks have more-or-less cornered the digital marketplace, Beating The Algorithm means less, because The Algorithm is just how much you can throw at ad-buys.
Adding another pair of trunkless legs to the desert.
But he collected his nut and cemented his reputation. I’m sure he’ll continue to haunt the back alleys of the indie content scene for another generation to come.