Was looking over the comments from Golloria’s video and saw that Patrick is openly talking about firing his entire team after his last complexion launch. Thought that was pretty interesting, I don’t remember hearing about brands doing this (or at least admitting it flat out) when there is controversy.
by Jesussandals15
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Right? Like, I’m glad they fixed the shades but I was pretty surprised by that too. I will fully admit that I don’t know much of anything about the behind the scenes and how labs work, but it seems extreme..?
I’m wondering if that’s a clickbait way to say he said he wanted to work with a different team at the lab? 🤷♀️
I don’t know all the nuances of this controversy, but his previous team wouldn’t have launched a product without his final approval. So is this him admitting he caved to what they suggested, or they went ahead without his final say, in which case it’s a poorly headed company.
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Pretty sure he has full control in the release of his own products . Why throw the team under the bus when he also must have took part in the decision .
What is the tea with the foundation?
Ah yes, the bad team that went behind poor CEO back.
Wait a second, why blame the team if he green-lit the launch? I’m sure he doesn’t just allow massive launches without his approval. Also why air that dirty laundry… I’m side eyeing that a bit..
This is so gross and passing the buck massively. Like it is YOUR brand. YOU approve everything therefore YOU are responsible. *joe Goldberg voice*
I think he might be misrepresenting the situation. I doubt he’s got a company with an entire lab of Ph.D. cosmetic chemists, stocked with lab equipment, clean rooms and raw materials. He would have needed ~$10M-$20m more to have that much in-house infrastructure. In most cases, private label brands hire outside, independent cosmetic formulation companies. It’s more likely he “fired”/ended one contract and signed with another.
He could have just said he hired a brand new team for this launch and not sounded like an out of touch boomer about people’s jobs, but gotta flex on them I guess.
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Can he even do that?? Isn’t he just a founder of the brand?
Like, is he implying the entire former team was intentionally and maliciously anti-black and working hard behind the scenes to ensure they only offered a limited shade range against his wishes? What??
What a d*ck… his approved everything his team came up with, they wouldn launch something without him knowing or without months of proces.. so he blamed his team for his mistaked, fired them for something he approved, and now acting holy ? Nah !
Damn, now all they have to remember is that shitty AI art they got for Xmas
What am I kidding, they threw that crap out I hope.
I don’t know I don’t care but lol at anyone having the audacity to use the name starrr after J*
As everyone has already stated, shit rolls from the top down. YOU hired that team. YOU approved their work. A good leader would have never mentioned the “team”, and simply have taken accountability for the mistake and moved on.
I would have more respect if he just said he parted ways with the old team and found a new one to work with
It’s kinda uncomfy when ppl put employees on blast
This is a bad look for him for all of his customers, former staff and people looking to get into the industry.
Ah yes. Blame the subordinates.
whenever patrick shows up i like to bring up his covid incident with Tana, and also the ai art gifts of his employee to them
Can anyone pls tell me what is issue is about?
Just my two cents having worked on a number of celeb-led brands: One, the face is never as involved as you think they might be. Two, product development teams can be kind of unintentionally shady with their work. A lot of them act like they know better than everyone else even when you literally show them a problem to their faces. They will gaslight and defend the formula and you’re kind of stuck because they’re the liaison with the lab/actual producer of the formula. Plus issues can arise when samples are upscaled. Also because the beauty industry is so competitive, shit gets rushed. Honestly, Patrick probably reviews final samples, but so much else is up to his team to deliver and make good on feedback given. I have personally worked with PD teams that swear products are perfect, amazing, exactly what we wanted, when we’re all looking at it and going WTF. So I fully can see how he could end up needed to fire a team that isn’t delivering and is gaslighting him. It does happen. I’ve been there.
It’s his failure. It’s his brand. It’s his name. What a coward. It’s so funny that he would post the team on his socials all the time, too. He said fuck ’em and has hurt their chances at getting other jobs in the industry.
I’m not familiar with the controversy. I guess I need to know more to decide if firing an entire team is right.
If it was just another bottle of black pigment – then yes. Not enough shades? Not sure.
“What goes around comes around” comes to mind upon reading this mess. When I worked at MAC and they foolishly partnered with him for a collection, he was furious that sales were not good during the first weekend of the launch and then proceeded to show up at a local MAC counter to “sign” autographs with a purchase and caused havoc with Mall security and the department store inventory. I’ll never forget that.
No offense but idc if J star makes good foundation, still an awful person
Also you’re the fucking CEO, you can make decisions lmao, don’t put this on the team
[SHS] Good for him. I want to see a full statement now.