Panther pislA wrote:
Mac wrote:
Very presumptuous suggesting Berns hasn't gone to bat for Jason and Matt I don't know if he has or hasn't, but it's really not fair to Berns assuming that about him.
I am not presuming anything. Got it directly from the horse's fingers. I do not remember verbatim what he wrote in response to a few of my texts back, oh, about 6-8 mo ago, but I definitely did not misinterpret the message - i.e. that he does not believe that his studio is a "team" atmosphere and that it is indeed "every man for himself". He pretty much out and out said that he would not go to bat for Matt or Jason, and he got snippy about the suggestion that an outside observer would assume that a "team" atmosphere should exist.
I interpreted his gist as either (a) "Workplace Loyalty is too 'Meatball-y', so I do not support such loyalty"; or (b) he has some kind of grudge vs. one or both of them for some on or off air comments or positions. I have heard them many times say some really disrespectful things to Dan and talk to and about him in a manner nobody else has. It seems like Dan has a thick skin, but how thick?
That is a whole bunch of interpretation PP. This is a corporate run business. It is not a boys club. B/B has a drop where Bernsie states "I do whatever Mitch Rosen tells me". That is pretty sound advice if you want to keep your job. It is not Bernstein's job to determine who gets air time. The Score's corporate structure means it is apparently Mitch's job. Let Mitch make that call. The B/B show from 1 - 6 has 4 people that are graded as a unit, but also separately on how they perform. That is not Bernstein's job. It is Mitch's job. Bernstein can offer opinions if he is asked, but he has no power (and my guess is does not want it) to determine who gets what shifts. If he has any sway he may choose not to use it as he is then playing favors for someone at the Score and offending someone else at the Score.
In another post Mac answered a question from Kujoe that he does not feel guilty in any way for taking shifts from Jason or Matt. Mac is right. Mac needs to put food on the table. So does Bernstein. They are not the same person and will handle internal issues differently, but I am not going to judge either of them for how they or anyone else choose to comport themselves at work so they can feed a family.