November 30th, 2007
Conan O’Brien is a class act. His staff is worried about being laid off today if the strike continues and he has assured them he will cover salaries himself so they don’t have to worry about being out of a job during the holidays.
“He’s paying the staffers’ salaries out of his own pocket,” NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks said. She said O’Brien had informed his staffers earlier in the day. The nonwriting staff numbers about 75.
Production of “Late Night” has been suspended since the writers strike began November 5.
Through this week, NBC had been covering the salaries of its nonwriting staffers, along with those of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Last Call with Carson Daly,” which are also in reruns.
But the network thus far has not said whether it intends to continue paying employees of any show on hiatus. All three programs are owned by Universal Media Studios, which, like NBC, is owned by General Electric.
How come I never worked for anyone like that?
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