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You know what would be crazy for a media company. To have employees who haven\u2019t made a cent for the company in their entire careers just shut up and thank their lucky stars they still have a pay check<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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– Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports founder, quote-tweets a clip from the company’s Fishbowl podcast where New York office hosts jokingly critique the workspace\u2014citing issues like harsh overhead lighting, inconsistent AC, and inadequate podcast recording setups\u2014while proposing fixes like natural light and a soundproof room.<\/div>\n
– In his response, Portnoy expresses frustration, arguing that employees who have never generated revenue for the company should remain silent and appreciate their paychecks, reflecting his signature blunt management style amid Barstool’s history of rapid growth and occasional internal tensions.<\/div>\n
– The post explodes to over 4.8 million views in under a day, sparking polarized replies: supporters praise Portnoy’s no-nonsense leadership and credit him for Barstool’s success, while critics decry the public callout as toxic and demotivating for the creative team. <\/div>\n
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    Dave Portnoy \u2066\u202a@stoolpresidente\u202c\u2069 You know what would be crazy for a media company. To have employees who haven\u2019t made a cent for the company in their entire careers just shut up and thank their lucky stars they still have a pay check   10\/28\/25, 6:41\u202fPM     – Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports founder, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}