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Crew members from Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk program were reportedly entrusted to few responses about their pay and employment amid the coronavirus shutdown, as the host started doing programs from her home without them.
After the program halted production in March due to concerns over COVID-19, Ellen returned on April 6, now recording from the comfort of her house, which she joked was more like a prison under quarantine.
According to a new report from Variety, the more than 30 staff members who make up the stage crew for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” were not given any formal communication about the status of the show, their working hours or spend for more than a month after routine production was shut down. According to 2 unnamed sources, those who were able to get across higher-ups by means of phone were not given any concrete answers as to what was taking place.
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Agents for Warner Bros. TELEVISION, which disperses the show, did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
Ellen DeGeneres reportedly upset her team when she began filming from home without them.
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After 2 weeks of hearing nearly absolutely nothing about pay, crew members for “The Ellen DeGeneres Program” were supposedly finally informed by executives last week to brace for a reduction in pay of two eight-hour days per week.
As if the 2 weeks of uncertainty wasn’t enough, it quickly came to light that a non-union, third-party company, Key Code Media, was hired to help produce the program from the comedian’s house while her typical crew was left to sit idle with lowered pay and unanswered questions about their task security.
Staff on Ellen DeGeneres’ program were apparently left in the dark about their pay for a month amid the coronavirus shutdown.
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The anxiety of her staff is in direct contrast to what DeGeneres said upon returning to air after stopping production for those weeks.
” I wanted to start doing my brand-new program as quickly as possible since it’s actually for people who are stuck at home.
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However, due to the decreased pay, Warner Bros.
