{"id":3508,"date":"2018-06-03T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/06\/03\/before-harvey-weinsteins-downfall-twc-employees-cited-sexual-harassment-at-extremely-volatile-company-on-glassdoor\/"},"modified":"2018-06-03T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:51:11","slug":"before-harvey-weinsteins-downfall-twc-employees-cited-sexual-harassment-at-extremely-volatile-company-on-glassdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/06\/03\/before-harvey-weinsteins-downfall-twc-employees-cited-sexual-harassment-at-extremely-volatile-company-on-glassdoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Harvey Weinstein\u2019s Downfall, TWC Employees Cited \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 at \u2018Extremely Volatile\u2019 Company on Glassdoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/harvey-weinstein\/\" id=\"auto-tag_harvey-weinstein\">Harvey Weinstein<\/a> was first accused of sexual harassment, one employee of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/the-weinstein-company\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-weinstein-company\">the Weinstein Company<\/a> employee said that it was &#8220;the norm&#8221; at TWC in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Glassdoor<\/a> review. The site is widely used throughout several industries to allow for current and former employees of companies to submit reviews of their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The studio \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/05\/the-weinstein-company-bankruptcy-new-owner-lantern-capital-1201961436\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which was bought by Lantern Capital last month<\/a> after declaring bankruptcy \u2014 has a 3.1 rating (out of 5) based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Reviews\/The-Weinstein-Company-LLC-Reviews-E40796.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">33 reviews<\/a> written between June 2010 and October 2017, with just 43 percent saying they would recommend TWC to a friend.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/05\/annabella-sciorra-harvey-weinstein-court-1201969034\/\" title=\"Annabella Sciorra Is Disappointed That Happy Harvey Weinstein Can Return to His \u2018Hunting Ground\u2019 After Posting Bail\">Annabella Sciorra Is Disappointed That Happy Harvey Weinstein Can Return to His \u2018Hunting Ground\u2019 After Posting Bail<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Reviews\/Employee-Review-The-Weinstein-Company-LLC-RVW10102054.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The full review<\/a>: &#8220;Micromanagement hell. Assistants who become VP&#8217;s overnight was too often. Sexual harassment was the norm.&#8221; The user \u2014 listed only as Former Employee &#8211; Anonymous Employee \u2014 posted the review in May of 2016, nearly a year and a half before Weinstein was publicly accused of sexual misconduct. The former mogul has since been fired, expelled from the Academy, and indicted ahead of his upcoming rape trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Reviews\/Employee-Review-The-Weinstein-Company-LLC-RVW10577787.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Another<\/a> wrote that &#8220;nobody really knows the chain of command&#8211;whose position is above whose. Everyone is a little scared of Harvey&#8221;; that sentiment is echoed by a user who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Reviews\/Employee-Review-The-Weinstein-Company-LLC-RVW3049860.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> their job &#8220;sometimes can be stressful in the presence of Harvey or Bob; some employees with (jokingly or otherwise) tell you to avoid eye contact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein&#8217;s reputation as a domineering executive preceded his sexual-harassment scandal by years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Reviews\/Employee-Review-The-Weinstein-Company-LLC-RVW3992328.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yet another review<\/a> includes complaints about senior management at the company, noting that some of them are &#8220;extremely volatile (to put it mildly)&#8221; without naming names.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/05\/harvey-weinstein-courtroom-sketches-1201968617\/\" title=\"Harvey Weinstein\u2019s Courtroom Sketches Make Him Look Like a Monster, Which May Have Been the Point\">Harvey Weinstein\u2019s Courtroom Sketches Make Him Look Like a Monster, Which May Have Been the Point<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>All employer reviews on Glassdoor are anonymous, though the site does require users to validate their accounts via email activation. It does not, however, appear to verify that they work where they say they do \u2014 possibly to ensure their anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/help.glassdoor.com\/category\/Legal_FAQs\/en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">its FAQs page<\/a>, Glassdoor suggests that individuals &#8220;submit only one review, per employer, per year, per review type (e.g. company review, interview review, salary review, benefit review, etc.)&#8221; and only write reviews pertaining to positions held within the last five years. Every submission is reviewed before appearing on Glassdoor, a process that often takes 24 hours to ensure that certain standards are met.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-5411050131480963639gmail-m_-4096357574205195135gmail-m_-1837872472504054974gmail-im\">Reached for comment, Glassdoor provided a statement to IndieWire:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span class=\"m_-5411050131480963639gmail-m_-4096357574205195135gmail-m_-1837872472504054974gmail-im\">Glassdoor strives to be the most trusted and transparent place to search for jobs and research companies. Before a review appears on Glassdoor, every review is vetted through a multi-tier moderation process to determine that it meets our Community Guidelines and conforms to our Terms of Use. Glassdoor does not investigate or confirm claims made in reviews.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Glassdoor believes in the principles of anonymity and freedom of speech online. As part of this, we believe that everyone has a right to voice his or her opinions about their workplace, including if they believe they have experienced or witnessed behavior such as sexual harassment.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year before Harvey Weinstein was first accused of sexual harassment, one employee of the Weinstein Company employee said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-UA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}