{"id":21217,"date":"2026-08-04T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=21217"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:00:36","slug":"netflix-vp-says-he-was-fired-for-opening-up-at-company-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/netflix-vp-says-he-was-fired-for-opening-up-at-company-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix VP Says He Was Fired For Opening Up at Company Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gate-check piano-check\">\n<p>Kevin Baillie was VP, Head of Creative\/Head of Studio at Eyeline Studios, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/netflix-walks-away-from-83-billion-warner-bros-bid\/503050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix\u2019s <\/a>visual effects division, when he showed up to a company retreat in January 2026. The retreat included a \u201cVulnerability-Trust exercise\u201d meant to encourage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/leadership\/forget-the-team-building-exercises-how-to-cultivate\/333527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">team building<\/a>. Baillie shared that he\u2019d been doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/elon-musk-don-lemon-discuss-ketamine-politics-xs-purpose\/471404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ketamine therapy <\/a>for clinical depression after his mother died.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, he was out of a job. Netflix\u2019s own attorney admitted the therapy had \u201cfactored into the termination,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/26\/us-news\/netflix-exec-goes-ballistic-after-being-fired-for-stunning-trust-exercise-confession-at-retreat-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit reported by the California Post<\/a>. The company\u2019s investigation also dug up profanity and drinking, including a moment where Baillie did a headstand while chugging a Guinness.<\/p>\n<p>But Baillie\u2019s suit says Netflix\u2019s own culture practically encouraged that kind of behavior. He claims Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro kept a personal bar in his office and once handed out beer to staff on a car ride to an awards show.<\/p>\n<p>Baillie is now suing for wrongful termination, disability discrimination and lost severance, and wants a jury trial. Netflix and Eyeline haven\u2019t responded publicly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"piano-meter-body tw:hidden\">\n<p>Kevin Baillie was VP, Head of Creative\/Head of Studio at Eyeline Studios, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/netflix-walks-away-from-83-billion-warner-bros-bid\/503050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix\u2019s <\/a>visual effects division, when he showed up to a company retreat in January 2026. The retreat included a \u201cVulnerability-Trust exercise\u201d meant to encourage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/leadership\/forget-the-team-building-exercises-how-to-cultivate\/333527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">team building<\/a>. Baillie shared that he\u2019d been doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/elon-musk-don-lemon-discuss-ketamine-politics-xs-purpose\/471404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ketamine therapy <\/a>for clinical depression after his mother died.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, he was out of a job. Netflix\u2019s own attorney admitted the therapy had \u201cfactored into the termination,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/26\/us-news\/netflix-exec-goes-ballistic-after-being-fired-for-stunning-trust-exercise-confession-at-retreat-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit reported by the California Post<\/a>. The company\u2019s investigation also dug up profanity and drinking, including a moment where Baillie did a headstand while chugging a Guinness.<\/p>\n<p>But Baillie\u2019s suit says Netflix\u2019s own culture practically encouraged that kind of behavior. He claims Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro kept a personal bar in his office and once handed out beer to staff on a car ride to an awards show.<\/p>\n<p>Baillie is now suing for wrongful termination, disability discrimination and lost severance, and wants a jury trial. Netflix and Eyeline haven\u2019t responded publicly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/this-netflix-vp-confessed-to-ketamine-therapy-at-a-company-trust-retreat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Baillie was VP, Head of Creative\/Head of Studio at Eyeline Studios, Netflix\u2019s visual effects division, when he showed up to a company retreat in January 2026. The retreat included a \u201cVulnerability-Trust exercise\u201d meant to encourage team building. Baillie shared that he\u2019d been doing ketamine therapy for clinical depression after his mother died. Two months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/netflix-ketamine-lawsuit-0826_g2285761780.jpg?resize=1024,681","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21219,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217\/revisions\/21219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}