Posted on 05/11/2017 4:44:16 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Steve Harvey is moving his daytime talk show to Los Angeles this fall, but his new staff may not want to expect a sunny welcome from the host — at least, if his past communication is any indication of his attitude toward his staffers.
A memo that was sent from Harvey to his staff surfaced earlier today....
(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...
He’s going to L.A. and wants the leftie, liberal scumbags to keep their perversions away from him.
Can’t say that I blame him.
This is a hit piece plan and simple.
Harvey spoke favorably about Trump.
He was not supposed to leave the plantation.
It is obvious by many of the comments on the threads here that a large part of the members have no idea what kind of culture war is going on here.
Some of you need to try a management job or take ownership of a fast moving company sometime and see what it is like.
Those little "five minute" interruptions are HUGE day killers. Three "five minute" interruptions per hour, and you'll find that you've accomplished nothing you set out to do during the day. If you've got deadlines, that means YOU end up putting in the extra hours to get the things done you need to get done. And after a while, that can tax anyone.
No jerk, very reasonable.
Harvey has boundaries and wants them enforced.
People have weak boundaries, generally.
Sounds perfectly reasonable.
The guy is a celebrity (albeit minor), trying to make a multi-million-dollar TV show run smoothly on a tight schedule.
He _needs_ time to focus on getting himself prepared & focused for an intense process that has to run without a hitch.
Lots of people interrupting him derails his preparations & mindset, making his show suffer, especially when he’s deliberately “ambushed” - which by definition is catching someone off-guard for the purpose of taking advantage of the ensuing confusion.
Most people don’t realize that someone who’s entertaining on set isn’t entertaining off set. It’s an act, and that act can be grueling to perform and is not their normal personality.
If he’s being that severe and blunt, it’s probably (as he does note) the result of long trying to be accommodating but finally can’t take it any more.
It’s a business. Make an appointment. Have a reason. Sure he makes viewers feel like he’s everyone’s close & funny friend - he’s not.
Ha, ha!
Sounds reasonable to me actually.
I’ve seen firsthand how prepwork gets bogged down by assistants and staff who insist on getting FaceTime with the top boss. Steve is probably discussing show issues with a small cluster of people daily during these times and having folks pop in and disrupt it can be quite stressful.
Jerk things I’ve seen would be “no eye contact”.
I’m sorry but who is Steve Harvey?
I work for a guy who more or less, has that approach to interacting with people.
His time is way too limited for what he has to get done and some people take advantage of him.
I call them drive-bys. I spend 8 hours a day dealing with urgent drive-bys. Then I spend another 2 hours or so getting my real work finished. And when I have to turn them away so I can meet a deadline, their feelings get hurt.
Exactly.
That’s exactly it.
So many of these interruptions are by folks who just want to get that money to to shine in front of the boss. All the while it’s causing stress and breaking the workflow.
“I will say THIS for Steve ... He must never sleep. Taping Family Feud, That Kids show, his own TV show ... If I was him, I’d feel VERY stretched and would demand no human contact except what my job demands and only my family”
That’s what I got from reading a bunch of “riders” contracts for major celebrity acts: they’re still people who want familiarity, space, and routine - in an environment where change, crowding, and change is overwhelming. Every little distraction/annoyance can literally cost thousands of dollars. Requirements like “12 bottles of 40-degree Evian water” sound snobbish, but if you’re about to sing to 50,000 people you don’t want to get blindsided with room-temperature Flint tap water and start choking. Metallica is famous for their “no brown M&Ms” contract line and their willingness (and done it!) to cancel an entire show if a single brown M&M is found in the required candy bowl - precisely because if the contract isn’t followed that precisely, other things far more serious may have been cavalierly overlooked/ignored in ways that can cost $millions or even kill someone. Then there’s the simple matter of personal sanity: trying to keep up with 1000 random people clamoring for attention daily is just too much for most people.
“money to” = “moment”
“I wonder what they do in there.”
It’s a dressing room. It’s where the star gets dressed. Understandable that he’s tired of dozens of people daily trying to get in his private space while he’s GETTING DRESSED.
Just be more of an ass and people will leave you alone. Don’t ask how I know that works.
I can see where he is coming from here.
The pressure of appearing before camera every day must be intense. Maybe this guy just needs quiet time to get himself together. Producers, directors and other decision-making staff need to be contacted.
What we’re reading is basically “5 minute manager” but expressed from the mouth (And keyboard) of someone who is at the end of their rope.
Daytime TV show host, for at least 3 shows (games, videos, comedy).
Whoop: There it is!
Hillary needs to get him to write her a memo.
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