they deserve despite hollywood being considered a liberal bastion and that brings us to the ellen de generes show the popular daytime television show has become the subject of an internal investigation by warner media after numerous accounts of workplace problems emerged the issue isn't circling the ellen degeneres show though our new employees have been speaking out for over a decade but just last month and their voices finally gotten heard executives from show producer telepictures and distributor warner brothers television sent a memo to stoppers that interviews with current and former staffers about their experiences on the set are underway in a variety released a scathing article where crew members shouted out their disdain for being fired at the height of the coronavirus pandemic only to be replaced by nonunion workers and cheaper labor in july a report of racism and intimidation made the front page of buzz feed news in it 10 former ellen employees said they were fired after taking medical leave or bereavement to attend family funerals one employee walked off the job after growing wear