In remarkable news, a miraculous event was reported today in Los Angeles. A Hollywood talent agent – widely considered one of the lowest of all life forms – did something benevolent.
As we talked about last week, agency behemoths William Morris and Endeavor are merging, and that means a lot of people will be let go as the companies consolidate. This includes plenty of assistants. Variety is investigating and interviewed some of the laid-off employees about the major workplace tension:
There’s been a groundswell of anger internally at WMA about how the merger process has been handled, and that anger reached the boiling point for some Monday as they learned the layoffs were coming down. The mood in the halls ranged from angry to melancholy to determined to move on to greener pastures. One longtime exec cited “finding my assistant a job” as her top short-term priority.
A boss who cares about the well-being of her assistant? And who counts the assistant’s employment status as a priority? Dude, I think I just saw the Virgin of Guadalupe in my Dorito.
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