Troubled Redbox Parent Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Is Nearly A Week Late Paying Employees; Medical Benefits Also Cut
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In the latest sign of trouble for Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the company’s employees say they have not been paid in nearly a week and their medical benefits have been suspended.
Eight current workers, all of whom wished to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation, provided Deadline with a glimpse inside the struggling company, supporting their assertions with a raft of internal emails.
A number of frustrated workers have also started to vent in Reddit forums and across social media. One senior executive said no updates about the status of pay have been provided since last Friday, when workers were warned that direct deposit would hit over the weekend or on Monday instead of the scheduled time on Friday.
CEO Bill Rouhana was reported to be convening a management meeting early this evening to offer a status report. “We haven’t heard anything over the past couple of days,” the senior executive told Deadline. “Initially, they said checks would go out Tuesday at the latest.
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