Meredith Employees: What About Us? (Patreon)

FTVLive told you that early on in the COVID pandemic, Meredith told their employees that they would be cutting their pay. 

The company said that with the loss of advertising and other factors, the company had no other choice than to take money from their employees and told them they would be taking home less money. 

So, more than a few eyebrows were raised when Meredith CEO Tom Harty sent out a memo yesterday saying that the company was donating $2.5 million bucks to 5 organizations that are working toward equality and social justice. 

Harty says that the company will also donate $2 million dollars in free ad time to "promote racial justice through its longstanding campaign Love Has No Labels."

As one Meredith employee said to FTVLive, "Love the donation, but what about their employees?" 

It is great to see Meredith handing out over $7 million bucks to help a cause that has been neglected by their company and others for years. But, can they not see that handing out millions when you forced the staff to take pay cuts might not be the best look. 

Also, let's look at the management of Meredith. As one former Meredith manger said to FTVLive, looking at the company's stations and you "will find nearly every News Director is a white man." 

Another employee says, "this is nothing more than a PR move to make them look good" talking about the donated money. 

Maybe, Meredith should give back the $7+ million dollars to the employees that have been seeing a smaller paycheck for weeks. 

It's great the company is donating money, but it would be even greater to see Meredith start making some more diverse hires in their management ranks. 

Just saying....

Here is the internal memo that Harty sent to the staff and it was obtained by FTVLive: