Female staff members reportedly walk out of Seven town hall during Mariah Carey Christmas dance
Female staff members at Seven network have reportedly walked out of a town hall meeting as “Sexy Santa” dancers performed a routine in front of the team.
As originally reported by the Australian Financial Review, four dancers came out in front of the town hall last week being led by Seven Perth news director, Ray Kuka, to perform a routine to Mariah Carey’s holiday hit, All I Want for Christmas, in anticipation of the upcoming Alinta Energy Christmas Pageant.
While a Seven spokesperson has since dubbed the pageant a “Perth institution”, TV Tonight has since reported that the performance was met by female staffers walking out of the town hall.
An anonymous source who was reportedly in the town hall said: “It’s the contrast. Four men talking about business, then four women come in, dolled up and scantily clad. What is the role of women at this company?”
The four scantily dancing women says it all regarding the boof heads of the 1950’s style Ch 7 management.
Seven walk headfirst into these issues because they are a tone-deaf organisation run by tone-deaf men. But it’s not a Seven-exclusive issue.
It’s a media industry issue – across both sides of the Tasman.
The gift that keeps on giving.
Can someone please just shut that place down
7 is a trainwreck! Maybe advertisers will choose to talk by not spending with the network – or will they???????????
Unbelievable in this century.
Wow, as a Woman, I’m offended by women who are offended by this! Some Women are dancers and have beautiful bodies, so why not let them flaunt it in scantily clad clothing! Some of you “women” really need to get a life if this offends you!!! You are the true embarrassment to real Women everywhere!
wow i love how im going to be stepping into a workforce where my only value as a woman is how attractive and obedient i am!!!! (sarcasm)
That’s showbiz
Having worked in television as crew for 43 years,,it has changed for the better, but slowly, the real problem is how useless the hr department is.