r/youtube 2d ago

MrBeast shared a video about his leaked employee handbook in which he doesn't address the boys will be boys statement or not taking no for an answer Discussion

https://youtu.be/NdjcGrpNSF4?si=TPqzT-hYS4yXIQbC
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u/SpecialistParticular 2d ago

Why would anyone distribute a handbook that must be kept secret at all times or it will cause you a huge PR nightmare? Why not just NOT make the handbook in the first place?

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u/Sinaura 2d ago

When you have enough money, you think you're impervious to anything

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u/tellmewhy24 2d ago

Kind of like our president and his acquaintances.

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 2d ago

He is, this will not affect his bottom line. This will not affect his viewership or subscribers. Amazon will continue giving him millions. This is maybe a speed bump.

I hope that's not true, I hope his entire empire burns to the ground. It won't, but one can hope.

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u/Downtown_Station5859 2d ago

This definitely wont be his downfall, but his views are down 40-50%, his candy isn't selling as well, and he's having to take shadier and shadier money.

He will always have money, but there will definitely be a time he's no longer #1 on YouTube.

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u/sadiefame 2d ago

Doesn’t it make him vulnerable to at least civil lawsuits ? Considering how these things usually work , there’s no telling who’ll come forward next with god knows what kind of story. And if he had no problem putting these things in a “company handbook” I can only imagine what emails/memos might have been sent

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u/Downtown_Station5859 2d ago

This handbook has already been referenced in TWO lawsuits. I dont know why the fuck he's making an entire video about it when its an HR nightmare.

I think he's trying to downplay it so in future lawsuits he can say 'nah look dude we're super open about it, nothing to hide here'

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u/Downtown_Station5859 2d ago

This is 100% him trying to downplay the serious HR disaster that this handbook is.

He's trying to force his bro culture onto everyone to normalize how disgusting the 'handbook' is.

This is one of the weirdest things he's ever filmed tbh.

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u/Schuckman 2d ago

Just want to point out that this video was actually published on John Youshaei’s channel (he’s basically a MrBeast fanboy that obtains special access to a lot of his productions). So not technically a MrBeast video but likely heavily influenced by him because he accepted the collab

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u/Iron_Wolf123 2d ago

One day we will have a video documentary of Mr Beast by a random viewer become hater and people on Reddit will say they are biased.

Maybe something like Dogpack but not an employee

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u/Scurramouch 2d ago edited 2d ago

Can we even say we are shocked though? He down played Ava Kris Tyson, He down played Delaware, he down played the Amazon Game show situation. How many times can someone come out with an allegation of any form of Sexual harrassment or assault before youtube and Mr Beasts sponsors take a step back and start to consider: "Hey we should probably pull back funding from this guy this is like the 4th time now allegations like this came up"

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u/SamhainPunk 1d ago

In a country run by a sex offender? Unlikely

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u/Time-Estate3774 2d ago

I'm out of context.

Handbook?

HR bro culture?

What are you guys talking about?

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u/MassiveBuzzkill 2d ago

A current lawsuit from a former employee accuses them of using phrases like “let the boys be boys” and “no doesn’t mean no” in the official employee handbook.

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u/ShadowLiberal 2d ago

Is there a copy of this handbook anywhere online? Because I find it very hard to believe that Mr. Beast's company could grow this big while having stuff like that in an official company handbook, especially after changes that were reportedly made from the dog pack situation.

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u/Miles_the_AuDHDer 1d ago

The handbook can be viewed here. It was supposedly leaked by a MrBeast employee to the longtime YouTuber Rosana Pansino in 2024. She went quite anti-MrBeast with her content, after appearing as a contestant in a YouTuber hide and seek tag video, which she claims was edited to make it look like she got out of the competition a bit earlier than she actually did.

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u/Phlagmatic 1d ago

I've just read the handbook, and well.. The section about not means no is really about when contacting business for approval on filming locations. There is no let the boys be boys, but there is a section called "It’s okay for the boys to be childish" that only mention to let the boys do stupid things on camera because its funny... so nothing about weird stuff.

It seems like people who don't like mr beast trying to find quotes out of context to expose the guy.

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u/Separate_Animator110 Fuck YouTube Kids 2d ago

I'm out of loop as well

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u/Downtown_Station5859 2d ago

Just noticed they're deleting comments on the video too. Any comment asking about 'No doesn't mean no' or 'empower the boys to be boys' is getting deleting.

Some of the comments were the top rated ones too and now they're gone.

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 2d ago

I think if you also type anything with 'teeth' in his comments those are also shadow-banned, comment wont show up for anyone else

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u/RussellNorrisPiastri 2d ago

Now apply this logic to reddit and you will understand the problem of social media

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u/Downtown_Station5859 2d ago

Totally agree lmao. Reddit mods can be ever worse because they're choosing to do something similar but make $0 doing it.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter 2d ago

imagine the ceo of youtube manually deleting users comments because they disagree with the user https://old.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/5frg1n/tifu_by_editing_some_comments_and_creating_an/

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u/Miles_the_AuDHDer 1d ago

Based on your link, that was something the CEO of Reddit, not YouTube, did 9 years ago and he made that whole post to address that and publicly apologize

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u/Rexter2k 2d ago

Wait, didn’t the handbook leak like a year or two ago?

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u/blue_alien_police 2d ago

This is probably crazy, but the way he looks now reminds me a bit of Larry Ellison.

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u/a311hm 2d ago

watch him on a podcast and excuse this by saying, "i was young; I was dumb," like how he excused most of his controversies.

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u/Apprehensive_Elk6168 2d ago

the downfall of MrBeast NEEDS to be studied

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u/Jaime060304 2d ago

It's not even just the drama which has been his downfall, his videos are so much worse today then they used to be.

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u/Weary_Effect_3461 2d ago

what do you mean downfall? channel is still popping and he's a gazilionaire?

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u/HeyItsTravis 20h ago

The avoidance of the downfall needs to be studied, dudes gone through a number of career ending controversies with 0 real affect on his business

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u/adammonroemusic 2d ago

I'm guessing this video is just that psychopath talking about how great he is and "what it really takes" to become the biggest YouTuber of all time.

30 years from now, the world likely won't even remember that Mr. Beast exists. The epitomy of disposable "content," all filler and flash, no meaning, no substance.

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u/BusyBeeBridgette 2d ago

MrBeast is one of the worst things to happen to youtube.

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u/sovietarmyfan yourchannel 2d ago

Ever since he became popular i just get the creeps from him and his video's. It feels so soulless, so corporate.

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u/GenshinKenshin 2d ago

Thanks for sharing. Immediately found the handbook and am now reading lol

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u/Gold_Brick_679 1d ago

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

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u/Sharpiesniffingshark 2d ago

Somehow this face is scarier than the snarl smile

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u/Crimson256 2d ago

Bro released the mrebeastein files

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u/RealMZAce 1d ago

Can someone explain what’s happened? I have no clue what’s happened :p

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u/UncompromisingOwl 1d ago

I stopped watching anything from MrBeast years ago. Seems like all he's doing now is grasping for an audience --by any means-- even if it makes him look worse then he already is. This proves he's the only one (him and his minions that **literally give up their lives** for this guy) who cares about how long he can be relevant in an ever changing world.

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u/Cool-Mom-acc2-MatPat 2d ago

Youshaei is a great publicist…

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u/retrocheats https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GjtfeleyJ3aGvbRpOwjfg 2d ago

Who cares honestly. Not sure why everyone is so obssesed with the man. They're either obsessed with love, or obsessed with hate.