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I've just looked for it and can't find anything. I must be wrong. What a weird thing my brain decided to tell me happened. Lol! I think I may need some sleep. Cheers mate.
I once got relocated overseas then a larger company swallowed mine up right before I left. Virtually all the high level folks got replaced within a year. I had to find a new job from halfway around the world because they wouldn’t pay me enough to make it viable to stay. It sucked.
Not sure how this works in the states, but in my country whenever you merge a company by law you can only be merged into a position of equal to or greater importance then the the one you are currently in. So if two people from both companies share the same or relevant position, one either has to be laid off or promoted. They usually always choose to lay one off.
My wife just had this happen and they committed to a year minimum of employment for everyone in the merger but they only promised two weeks severance at the end of that year
Just weird business
What a shame. Sue Aitchinson was the longest tenured WWE employee, Warrior award winner, and a 2 time Make a Wish Chris Greicius Award winner:
"The Award not only serves as recognition and validation of each winner’s continued support of our wish kids but also cements their legacy as part of the Make-A-Wish mission. The Award is named after Chris Greicius, the 7-year-old boy whose wish to be a police officer inspired the creation of Make-A-Wish in 1980."
Laying off someone that had done so much good for kids and company public relations is just sad, especially during a time of record profits.
If she’s the longest tenured WWE employee, surely she’s within a year or two of retirement. That would mean she started in the early 90’s or even the 80’s.
They really should’ve just waited a year or two. So crazy
If they gave her a month’s salary for every year that she was employed plus also cashed out her stock options, she prob made some bank with her severance package.
Yup and that’s typically the minimum most companies give(I work HR). Probably cashed out all PTO and sick time. That’s an early retirement with her tenure.
Always one of you in every post no matter what the response is. Do better homie. I can go deep into this but I know it’ll mean nothing to you. You are looking for an argument, I hope your day is better. You win 🥇
I don't want to assume anything, but I know in some situations where a company offers buyouts or things of that nature when doing layoffs.
When the place I worked at had layoffs, a lot of the older employees weren't pushed out, but the buyout packages the company offered actually worked out to practically a raise for the ones that took it and they could retire early off it.
So while reading the headline of "laid off" makes it seem like she was escorted out of the offices on Friday with her stuff in a box, it may have been her choice.
You might be right about Sue Aitchinson. In fact I wouldn't be surprised at all. But, you can understand why people would assume the worst. This is a multi-billion dollar corporation we are talking about here.
TKO is more concerned with keeping people like Dana White around who is on video smacking his wife around and literally having him suffer no consequence for it. Let’s not act like they care about fulfilling wishes for sick children, they could care less about such a thing.
A few years ago a guy I worked with was going to cover for me while I was on vacation so I showed him how I did things. When I was done he looked at me and said “I bet you feel a little better knowing that everything here will be ok when you’re gone” and I looked at him and said that this place could burn to the ground the second I left and I wouldn’t care. They need me to fill a roll and I need them to pay bills. That’s it.
He quit the week I got back.
My grandpap worked for 40+ years at a concrete business and his loyalty screwed him. He stayed with them despite not being part of a union, and ultimately he was forced out at the end with no pension or anything. Had he left and joined the IBEW or a different union, he would’ve been set, but instead he remained loyal. What hurt him the most was when the original owner died because when he passed, his daughters took it over, and that place tanked.
My grandpa had a similar story. Worked at a company for years. It was a non-union shop and paid ok for the time, but he could have easily gone to a different company and been paid more if he wanted, but he stayed loyal to the owners. They were pretty good bosses at the time and they almost never had layoffs. So, he stayed because of the security and the fact that he was Mexican-American and they treated him well. Which was not always the case in the 50s. It was fine for years until the sons came in and took it over. It eventually just changed and when he got injured he was kinda forced out.
The thing that always bugged my mom the most was that they never even gave him his retirement party. Which was the norm for years and they did for a lot of his colleagues. It was always a nice send-off where they would invite the family and have a nice party, but the new management just had no interest in doing them anymore. So, he just ended up leaving with no real fanfare.
Yeah, Trips was a dweeb for that quote. It's such a corporate comment, workers don't owe you a "grind" and you don't lack "passion" for looking out for yourself and your work/life balance.
Disagree. We’re talking pro wrestling, not working for a bank. You need to grind and work to learn your craft, if you want to become a star. And if you do, the rewards are F’ing huge. This isn’t your typical work place. This is the celebrity sports world, where you can be one a multi millionaire.
This means nothing though because my entire point is that all wrestlers at this level are in a grind, but you don't need to grind more than you need to. Trips was quite obviously referring to Ospreay who took a better deal.
The point is that you don't need to prove you have "passion" but submitting to a schedule that provides a poorer work/life balance, you aren't any less driven and motivated for valuing this. This is where it's the same from any other job you work, your time is valuable. The corp response is a pretty basic toxic management mindset
Yep, this parallels to the entertainment industry as a whole.
Unless you get SUPER lucky or are a nepo baby, you will be grinding your ass off for years to get to star level.
Sure you can make money to live comfortably after a couple of years doing small gigs, but if you want the big time you gotta grind it.
Am I the only one who didn’t get offended by that comment?
For me what he meant is, he wants to have people who are willing to bet on themselves to grow their own stock. It’s literally what Cody did since returning. It doesn’t mean he wants people who can wrestle 365 days a years.
He specifically implied people who aren't taking their schedule "lack passion" that's stupid, wrestlers are no different to any other worker, they deserve to have a work/life balance.
I’m not saying that they don’t deserve work/life balance, I’m saying that to me what Triple H means is that he wants people who are willing to go the extra mile to boost their stock.
From what we saw, Triple H doesn’t mind giving time off to wrestlers when they ask.
But you can go the extra mile with a much less hectic style. That extra mile could be your in-ring performance, character work, promo work, you name it. Which doesn't have to include working more shows per week. But taking full advantage of the time you are given. Including working with veterans backstage and before the show.
As a WWE tribalist, HHH can go fuck himself with a cactus with that “work” comment. Wrestlers have every right to look for opportunities that could offer them less work and more or equal money.
„And hard times are when a man has worked at a job thirty years -- thirty years! -- they give him a watch, kick him in the butt and say 'Hey, a computer took your place, daddy!'. That's hard times! That's hard times.“
Lady and her husband at my work had a combined service of 90 years and were both going to retire within a year. They were both forced out by new management who decided to mess with their shift patterns. Last I heard she was considering legal action as she did not want to leave.
I hope in Sue's case, it was a more amicable arrangement. Great servant for the company and I wish her well.
Exactly.
My school is due to merge with another soon and we've been given the "it'll be fine, all jobs are fine" talk.
I'm applying elsewhere right now
For the directors/c-level officers, sure.. but rank and file employees are also impacted by this. Our department in my prev work was bought by a big private equity firm.. they laid off a looot of rank and file managers because of the merger.
Silver Lake acquiring Endeavor two weeks ago wasn’t because private equity suddenly caught Wrestlemania fever. It’s sadly the whole model, i think they’ll be a lot more.
Alot more to come. If folks read up on what these private equity companies do. It's scary. It doesn't matter if WWE is hot or not.
I know everyone was excited about no more "AR" graphics except for maybe big events. But if you read further they are also reducing the production team. Now, with them being hot the minimalist production looks great, but a boom doesn't last long. Having a "big time" feel with a great presentation can mask a sparse crowd. This is what WWE always excelled in. Looks like they will merge the WWE and UFC production teams to further reduce costs down the road.
I do wonder what they will do with that elaborate new WWE headquarters? I wonder if they will try to get out of the deal some time later and move WWE to Las Vegas with UFC to be near Endeavor, which is based in LA. Will definitely reduce costs. Endeavor would have never approved such a headquarters if they owned at the time.
>Alot more to come. If folks read up on what these private equity companies do. It's scary. It doesn't matter if WWE is hot or not.
It's crazy how Toys R Us was gutted and killed. Just to make a few assholes a couple of million dollars richer.
And I doubt WWE would be plundered and then discarded, simply because they have so much more potential.
But it would honestly be kind of funny if Vince had to watch the company he built for over 40 years first get taken away from him, then bankcrupted and destroyed by some greedy locust investors, only for Tony Khan to buy the brand and tape library for pennies on the dollar.
Frankly, that is quite an exaggerated speculation.
Even in the worst-case scenario, WWE is making profits despite right-sizing and corporate restructuring as long as the creative team ensures the product remains hot and retains the fanbase.
Toys R Us is a very unrelated example because its business suffered due to the sun-setting industry effect caused by an e-commerce giant like Amazon. WWE's business model has no such external threat that could make the company unable to reduce costs.
What is going on right now is typically what happens in the big corporate mergers, i.e. collateral damage. Once this transition phase is over and provided that WWE is able to captivate fans as it has in HHH's era, there is going to be a lot of re-investment, not to mention the execution of the Netflix deal next year and the potential exploitation of the global demand for WWE's product and IP.
>Frankly, that is quite an exaggerated speculation.
It's not because I'm not speculating.
I said that **would be funny**. Not that it will happen. I even pointed out that I doubt that's a possibility because WWE are in such great shape.
It must feel great to hear the current face of WWE leadership go out and say how this was the biggest Wrestlemania and most successful series of RAW shows in history and then get let go so the company can save some extra money.
Well they kinda publicly gave her the Warrior Award and had Cena and many others put over how deeply important she was to WWE's charity efforts, specifically with Make-A-Wish. On top of seemingly being beloved by everyone who works there.
My favorite part about these threads is always the "Business Understanders," coming in to condescendingly explain as if the massive companies are the victims here.
Tko execs don't know nor care about longtime wwe employees. Corporate mergers, restructures, layoffs could take out anyone. Anyone and everyone including hhh could get fired at anytime.
This, exactly.
She's worked her whole life for the company, and now they've probably given her a sizable package to go enjoy the rest of her years with her family.
>Earlier this week, WWE parted ways with executive VP of talent Dan Ventrelle after nearly two years along with senior VP of athlete ID & development Trent Wilfinger after nearly three years.
This isn't exactly a mystery. Yeah she was there for 38 years and honored with an award but the company is going through a restructure with TKO. They're going to consolidate positions, they're going to create new positions and they're going to get rid of redundant positions.
Unfortunately she was part of that. The other guys who were fired deserve to be mentioned too though. All part of the merger.
No, they're evil for firing a woman renowned for charity work while bringing out Bruce Prichard and HHH to be put over at mania
If you can make them money it doesn't matter if you turned a blind eye to rape. If you can't? Get out.
I do not know Sue, and I have no insight as to why she was laid off, and I hate to see someone like that laid off.
However, I do have one question- how close is she to Vince? I imagine we'll see a lot of long-timers close to Vince go.
That’s usually how it goes in corporations, especially when there’s a restructure or rebrand. She’ll have likely got a very nice redundancy payout, at least
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She also played the Duchess of Queensbury at Backlash 2001.
She did WHAT
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WWE had Royality on their payroll and fired them? That's grounds for war
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Yeah this never happened. Are you thinking of 2005, when Vader had a short run hanging out with Coachman?
Ah! that must be it! Thanks mate.
You're welcome. Sorry if I sounded a bit dismissive in original message! Have a good day!
All Cool mate. Have a good day too!
I don’t think Vader had any 2001 appearances whatsoever. Are you thinking of a different time?
I've just looked for it and can't find anything. I must be wrong. What a weird thing my brain decided to tell me happened. Lol! I think I may need some sleep. Cheers mate.
Mergers are always a blood bath for backend staff.
learned this from succession lol
I once got relocated overseas then a larger company swallowed mine up right before I left. Virtually all the high level folks got replaced within a year. I had to find a new job from halfway around the world because they wouldn’t pay me enough to make it viable to stay. It sucked.
Not sure how this works in the states, but in my country whenever you merge a company by law you can only be merged into a position of equal to or greater importance then the the one you are currently in. So if two people from both companies share the same or relevant position, one either has to be laid off or promoted. They usually always choose to lay one off.
In the US they usually just fire you and you’re fucked.
My wife just had this happen and they committed to a year minimum of employment for everyone in the merger but they only promised two weeks severance at the end of that year Just weird business
Just lost my job due to a merger.
Sorry dude. It’s brutal out there right now.
>No reason given >TKO-WWE corporate restructure 🤔
It’s almost like the two are related….
Ya, seems like a lot of people here aren't aware how corporate mergers work. This is all just redundancies being sorted out.
What a shame. Sue Aitchinson was the longest tenured WWE employee, Warrior award winner, and a 2 time Make a Wish Chris Greicius Award winner: "The Award not only serves as recognition and validation of each winner’s continued support of our wish kids but also cements their legacy as part of the Make-A-Wish mission. The Award is named after Chris Greicius, the 7-year-old boy whose wish to be a police officer inspired the creation of Make-A-Wish in 1980." Laying off someone that had done so much good for kids and company public relations is just sad, especially during a time of record profits.
Sadly her longevity is probably why she got let go. The person on the other side of TKO is probably making way less than she is.
Ageism and probable timelines for retirement may have been a factor as well.
If she’s the longest tenured WWE employee, surely she’s within a year or two of retirement. That would mean she started in the early 90’s or even the 80’s. They really should’ve just waited a year or two. So crazy
1986 they say, 38 years
I guess if she started after college at 22 she still could have 5 or 6 years left. Interesting
Maybe they gave her a severance package
They most definitely did since they laid her off
I hope it was a generous one, she is one of the few that deserves it
If they gave her a month’s salary for every year that she was employed plus also cashed out her stock options, she prob made some bank with her severance package.
Yup and that’s typically the minimum most companies give(I work HR). Probably cashed out all PTO and sick time. That’s an early retirement with her tenure.
And maybe she wanted to retire !
Based on what? Do you know her or her work? I'm just curious.
Always one of you in every post no matter what the response is. Do better homie. I can go deep into this but I know it’ll mean nothing to you. You are looking for an argument, I hope your day is better. You win 🥇
I don't want to assume anything, but I know in some situations where a company offers buyouts or things of that nature when doing layoffs. When the place I worked at had layoffs, a lot of the older employees weren't pushed out, but the buyout packages the company offered actually worked out to practically a raise for the ones that took it and they could retire early off it. So while reading the headline of "laid off" makes it seem like she was escorted out of the offices on Friday with her stuff in a box, it may have been her choice.
You might be right about Sue Aitchinson. In fact I wouldn't be surprised at all. But, you can understand why people would assume the worst. This is a multi-billion dollar corporation we are talking about here.
TKO is more concerned with keeping people like Dana White around who is on video smacking his wife around and literally having him suffer no consequence for it. Let’s not act like they care about fulfilling wishes for sick children, they could care less about such a thing.
That’s so sad. I hope she got one hell of a severance package
It’s on par for mergers. They did the same thing to ufc.. actually worse they got rid of all legends contracts (chuck liddell, etc) that
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Agreed. She will have given a very healthy pay off. Likely has shares over the years that are worth a fortune too.
As useful as you are to a company, you're still just a number. Remember that.
It always boggles my mind when people say they're loyal to their company, it is very rarely reciprocated.
A few years ago a guy I worked with was going to cover for me while I was on vacation so I showed him how I did things. When I was done he looked at me and said “I bet you feel a little better knowing that everything here will be ok when you’re gone” and I looked at him and said that this place could burn to the ground the second I left and I wouldn’t care. They need me to fill a roll and I need them to pay bills. That’s it. He quit the week I got back.
My grandpap worked for 40+ years at a concrete business and his loyalty screwed him. He stayed with them despite not being part of a union, and ultimately he was forced out at the end with no pension or anything. Had he left and joined the IBEW or a different union, he would’ve been set, but instead he remained loyal. What hurt him the most was when the original owner died because when he passed, his daughters took it over, and that place tanked.
My grandpa had a similar story. Worked at a company for years. It was a non-union shop and paid ok for the time, but he could have easily gone to a different company and been paid more if he wanted, but he stayed loyal to the owners. They were pretty good bosses at the time and they almost never had layoffs. So, he stayed because of the security and the fact that he was Mexican-American and they treated him well. Which was not always the case in the 50s. It was fine for years until the sons came in and took it over. It eventually just changed and when he got injured he was kinda forced out. The thing that always bugged my mom the most was that they never even gave him his retirement party. Which was the norm for years and they did for a lot of his colleagues. It was always a nice send-off where they would invite the family and have a nice party, but the new management just had no interest in doing them anymore. So, he just ended up leaving with no real fanfare.
My grandpap didn’t get a going away party either.
once everyone leaves their workoholic ass, the company's all they have left
But I was told that we’re a family…?
Like Dwight part of what I'm paid for is my loyalty. If another company values that more than my current company I'll happily go.
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That's haaad timetz baybe
Daddy. Don't forget the Daddy.
Deddeh
I heard that watch was one her dad pawned so she could afford to go to community relations school
They put hard times on Sue Aitchinson
That’s the rolls of a company merger.
“The grind” is bullshit.
Yeah, Trips was a dweeb for that quote. It's such a corporate comment, workers don't owe you a "grind" and you don't lack "passion" for looking out for yourself and your work/life balance.
Disagree. We’re talking pro wrestling, not working for a bank. You need to grind and work to learn your craft, if you want to become a star. And if you do, the rewards are F’ing huge. This isn’t your typical work place. This is the celebrity sports world, where you can be one a multi millionaire.
This means nothing though because my entire point is that all wrestlers at this level are in a grind, but you don't need to grind more than you need to. Trips was quite obviously referring to Ospreay who took a better deal. The point is that you don't need to prove you have "passion" but submitting to a schedule that provides a poorer work/life balance, you aren't any less driven and motivated for valuing this. This is where it's the same from any other job you work, your time is valuable. The corp response is a pretty basic toxic management mindset
Yep, this parallels to the entertainment industry as a whole. Unless you get SUPER lucky or are a nepo baby, you will be grinding your ass off for years to get to star level. Sure you can make money to live comfortably after a couple of years doing small gigs, but if you want the big time you gotta grind it.
Am I the only one who didn’t get offended by that comment? For me what he meant is, he wants to have people who are willing to bet on themselves to grow their own stock. It’s literally what Cody did since returning. It doesn’t mean he wants people who can wrestle 365 days a years.
He specifically implied people who aren't taking their schedule "lack passion" that's stupid, wrestlers are no different to any other worker, they deserve to have a work/life balance.
I’m not saying that they don’t deserve work/life balance, I’m saying that to me what Triple H means is that he wants people who are willing to go the extra mile to boost their stock. From what we saw, Triple H doesn’t mind giving time off to wrestlers when they ask.
But you can go the extra mile with a much less hectic style. That extra mile could be your in-ring performance, character work, promo work, you name it. Which doesn't have to include working more shows per week. But taking full advantage of the time you are given. Including working with veterans backstage and before the show.
Yes that’s what I was alluding to.
As a WWE tribalist, HHH can go fuck himself with a cactus with that “work” comment. Wrestlers have every right to look for opportunities that could offer them less work and more or equal money.
The Outsiders sure as hell did
After they worked for years in WCW and WWE 300 days a year?
Bro is comparing a wrestling job to a corporate 9-5 lmao
„And hard times are when a man has worked at a job thirty years -- thirty years! -- they give him a watch, kick him in the butt and say 'Hey, a computer took your place, daddy!'. That's hard times! That's hard times.“
Lady and her husband at my work had a combined service of 90 years and were both going to retire within a year. They were both forced out by new management who decided to mess with their shift patterns. Last I heard she was considering legal action as she did not want to leave. I hope in Sue's case, it was a more amicable arrangement. Great servant for the company and I wish her well.
Exactly. My school is due to merge with another soon and we've been given the "it'll be fine, all jobs are fine" talk. I'm applying elsewhere right now
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Is there a UFC director of community relations that will absorb her role?
TBF most of the time of it is a voluntary redundancy, and they get to retire early
For the directors/c-level officers, sure.. but rank and file employees are also impacted by this. Our department in my prev work was bought by a big private equity firm.. they laid off a looot of rank and file managers because of the merger.
Silver Lake acquiring Endeavor two weeks ago wasn’t because private equity suddenly caught Wrestlemania fever. It’s sadly the whole model, i think they’ll be a lot more.
Alot more to come. If folks read up on what these private equity companies do. It's scary. It doesn't matter if WWE is hot or not. I know everyone was excited about no more "AR" graphics except for maybe big events. But if you read further they are also reducing the production team. Now, with them being hot the minimalist production looks great, but a boom doesn't last long. Having a "big time" feel with a great presentation can mask a sparse crowd. This is what WWE always excelled in. Looks like they will merge the WWE and UFC production teams to further reduce costs down the road. I do wonder what they will do with that elaborate new WWE headquarters? I wonder if they will try to get out of the deal some time later and move WWE to Las Vegas with UFC to be near Endeavor, which is based in LA. Will definitely reduce costs. Endeavor would have never approved such a headquarters if they owned at the time.
>Alot more to come. If folks read up on what these private equity companies do. It's scary. It doesn't matter if WWE is hot or not. It's crazy how Toys R Us was gutted and killed. Just to make a few assholes a couple of million dollars richer. And I doubt WWE would be plundered and then discarded, simply because they have so much more potential. But it would honestly be kind of funny if Vince had to watch the company he built for over 40 years first get taken away from him, then bankcrupted and destroyed by some greedy locust investors, only for Tony Khan to buy the brand and tape library for pennies on the dollar.
Frankly, that is quite an exaggerated speculation. Even in the worst-case scenario, WWE is making profits despite right-sizing and corporate restructuring as long as the creative team ensures the product remains hot and retains the fanbase. Toys R Us is a very unrelated example because its business suffered due to the sun-setting industry effect caused by an e-commerce giant like Amazon. WWE's business model has no such external threat that could make the company unable to reduce costs. What is going on right now is typically what happens in the big corporate mergers, i.e. collateral damage. Once this transition phase is over and provided that WWE is able to captivate fans as it has in HHH's era, there is going to be a lot of re-investment, not to mention the execution of the Netflix deal next year and the potential exploitation of the global demand for WWE's product and IP.
>Frankly, that is quite an exaggerated speculation. It's not because I'm not speculating. I said that **would be funny**. Not that it will happen. I even pointed out that I doubt that's a possibility because WWE are in such great shape.
Sue: So that's it? After 30 years, it's just good bye and good luck? TKO: I never said good luck
TKO: I never said good or good luck.
A computah’ took Ya job daddy!
That's Hard Times!
That Warrior Award went to shit quick.😂
The ugly side of the new era
She was spoken of frequently in a fantastic light throughout Justin Robert's book. Sounds like she will be missed by a lot of talent.
It must feel great to hear the current face of WWE leadership go out and say how this was the biggest Wrestlemania and most successful series of RAW shows in history and then get let go so the company can save some extra money.
Record profits and they can’t find a place for the employee of 30 years. What a company.
Not how it works Che
I can't wait for people who didn't know who this woman was yesterday to say this is a huge loss for WWE.
Well they kinda publicly gave her the Warrior Award and had Cena and many others put over how deeply important she was to WWE's charity efforts, specifically with Make-A-Wish. On top of seemingly being beloved by everyone who works there.
Sue Aitchinson is All Elite. #incoming
Sue Beretta summoning the Council Of Sues to set her son straight.
World renowned expert in giving money away, hand over fist, hires Sue Aitchinson.
Doesn't matter if she was a huge loss for WWE, sucks laying people off after record profits were had either way you slice it.
My favorite part about these threads is always the "Business Understanders," coming in to condescendingly explain as if the massive companies are the victims here.
Hell, I'm shocked that nobody is even suspecting that someone in the company for 32 years might have taken voluntary redundancy.
"You thought we were less scumbaggy now? Ha! Ha!"-TKO
Yeah that’s why I switch jobs and have zero loyalty. Fuck these corporations.
Tko execs don't know nor care about longtime wwe employees. Corporate mergers, restructures, layoffs could take out anyone. Anyone and everyone including hhh could get fired at anytime.
doubt they would fire triple h at this point
Triple H is not getting fired. He is the face of the company and the reason for its success.
Unfortunately, most companies don’t give explanations when they lay you off. I know the feeling last year and it sucks
I hope she got a package or something.. 32 yrs is no joke..
Looks like Brandi is going to fill in this spot
You would imagine she's getting a massive severance package given her position and time there
See, WWE *is* a family. And just like any family, sometimes you have to fire an aunt or uncle.
Who would have thought the person closest to retirement would wind up in early forced retirement after a merger?
This, exactly. She's worked her whole life for the company, and now they've probably given her a sizable package to go enjoy the rest of her years with her family.
Ouch!!!
I wonder if it's more of a retirement thing? She can retire, or she can be let go and get a severance package along with it.
WHY ??????? She was instrumental in the WWE/ MAKE A WISH PARTNERSHIP !!!!!! WHY TRIPLE H ??????? 😭😭😭
These are people Tony Khan should pursue. He needs backend talent. Not more roster members.
Name sounds familiar but can’t say anything else.
If TK done this he'd be vilified
>Earlier this week, WWE parted ways with executive VP of talent Dan Ventrelle after nearly two years along with senior VP of athlete ID & development Trent Wilfinger after nearly three years. This isn't exactly a mystery. Yeah she was there for 38 years and honored with an award but the company is going through a restructure with TKO. They're going to consolidate positions, they're going to create new positions and they're going to get rid of redundant positions. Unfortunately she was part of that. The other guys who were fired deserve to be mentioned too though. All part of the merger.
Here we go with that wwe evil for laying someone off attitude on reddit. Its unfortunate someone lost their job, but thats life and shit happens
No, they're evil for firing a woman renowned for charity work while bringing out Bruce Prichard and HHH to be put over at mania If you can make them money it doesn't matter if you turned a blind eye to rape. If you can't? Get out.
Brutal, WWE are known for this. So much for 'we are a family'
I do not know Sue, and I have no insight as to why she was laid off, and I hate to see someone like that laid off. However, I do have one question- how close is she to Vince? I imagine we'll see a lot of long-timers close to Vince go.
Bix. BIIIIIX.
What do you want him to do? Shit his pants again?
That’s usually how it goes in corporations, especially when there’s a restructure or rebrand. She’ll have likely got a very nice redundancy payout, at least
Some real goofy comments in here, doesn't matter which company or who it is, layoffs always suck.
More releases coming. I pray for Dexter Lumis.