00:00I never imagined I'd have to make a video like this, but becoming a mother and having a daughter completely
00:05changed what I'm willing to stay silent about.
00:07Before I talk about my time working at Mr. Beast at a C-suite level, I would just like to
00:12briefly introduce myself.
00:13My name is Lorraine Mavramatis. I was born and raised in Brazil.
00:17For the last 10 years of my life, I dedicated it to studying and analyzing the social media space from
00:24the inside out.
00:25And I just completely fell in love with the content creation process.
00:30And that eventually, that passion eventually led me to wanting to work with brands and work on their social media
00:36strategies.
00:37And that's what eventually led me to Mr. Beast.
00:40I was interviewed by the CEO and Jimmy Donaldson, Mr. Beast himself.
00:45I was hired on the spot. I led teams. I oversaw creative operations across multiple platforms.
00:51But most importantly, I saw how things worked from the inside.
00:56Unfortunately, it didn't really take me too long to realize that things were not how they looked like on the
01:01outside.
01:02From the very beginning, I was yelled at, cursed at.
01:06I was even called dumb in front of my entire team after giving a business idea only to have a
01:12man give the exact same idea a minute later and get praised.
01:16I was obligated to attend one-on-one meetings at the CEO's house by myself and an upstairs room only
01:23lit by a side lamp and have him hear how attractive and beautiful I was.
01:28The CEO also told me that Jimmy, Mr. Beast, gets really awkward around attractive women.
01:35And I quote,
01:36Lorraine, let's say that when you're around and he needs to go to the restroom, he's not really using the
01:41restroom.
01:42I started changing completely how I dress to go to work.
01:45I started only wearing baseball caps, extremely baggy clothes.
01:49I basically just tried to do everything to disappear.
01:52So I just kept my head down.
01:54I just continued to give everything that I had and tried to convince myself that that would be enough.
02:00But the thing is that when you're working a male-dominated field, especially one that's being run by boys,
02:04where they preach that if talent wants to draw a dick on the wall, let them.
02:09It doesn't matter how smart you are.
02:11It doesn't matter how hard you work.
02:12Giving your best will never be enough.
02:15Things got worse when I became pregnant.
02:18I had approved maternity leave, signed off by HR, and I had agreed that I would work up until my
02:23last day of pregnancy.
02:25I said, while I'm in labor on my way to the hospital, I will call you and that's when I
02:30want my maternity leave to start.
02:31On paper, it sounded beautiful.
02:33But in reality, it meant nothing.
02:36I was at the hospital in labor in a team meeting.
02:40One week postpartum, still healing, sleep deprived, emotionally and physically exhausted, I was already back to work.
02:50Less than a month postpartum, going through postpartum depression, and I had to hop on a plane, fly out of
02:56the country to work on a main channel shoot, and leave my newborn baby behind.
03:01When I think about those first two months, and all the time that was taken away from me from bonding
03:08with my baby, a time that was supposed to be protected, those moments were all taken away from me.
03:14And after everything that I went through, two weeks after coming back from what was supposed to be a maternity
03:21leave, my maternity leave, I was let go.
03:24And the reason was, and I quote, you are too high of a caliber for this position.
03:29We need someone of a lower caliber.
03:32Now have that make sense and let that sink in a little bit.
03:35So today, I'm taking legal action, not just for what happened at the end, but for everything that happened along
03:42the way, and for the toxic culture that made it all possible.
03:46They tried to silence me enough, but enough is enough.
03:49And I'll let the legal process speak for itself now.
03:52Thank you.
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