In addition, CEO Ariel Emanuel and executive chairman Patrick Whitesell will forgo the remainder of their 2020 salaries. Pandemic-induced layoffs have begun at Endeavor, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The initial round impacts about 250 staffers employed in capacities in which they cannot work remotely, such as groundskeepers, restaurant and hotel staff at Endeavor's IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
WME has just a fraction of such roles, such as temp workers in the mailroom. In a companywide memo sent Wednesday morning, Endeavor CEO Ariel Emanuel said that "additional measures" would take place that would affect both pay and employment across the vast 7,500-person company, which includes talent agency WME, sports and fashion