Did You Just Hear the Layoffs?

Hello, Sherman.

Sherman Davis, General Manager's assistant.

Guys, doing?

Everybody here?

Hey, Sherman.

Yeah.

Doing fine.

Hello, Sherman.

Let me make sure we got everybody here.

Is Hannah here?

Yep, Hannah's here.

How's it going?

All right.

Frank?

Yep, I'm on the line.

Thank you.

All right.

Good, good, good.

And David.

Yep.

Hey, Sherman.

I'm here.

All right, my man.

Good deal, good deal.

All right.

Got some news for you guys.

I need you guys to give me a second.

I'm gonna put you guys on hold for a second.

And I'll be back probably less than 30 seconds, okay?

All right, okay.

We'll do.

Thank you.

Cynthia, can you bring me all of the um stuff on these three guys?

I mean, today is supposed to be uh they're on hole right now, but today's the day that we're giving them their severance packages and letting them go.

And uh they'll be out of here probably by tomorrow morning.

They're clearing their things out.

They don't know it yet, but we're gonna at least give them their severance packages today.

Okay?

All right.

Hello?

Did you guys

for you?

Excuse me?

Sherman low?

Yeah, this I'm I'm here, guys.

Yeah, you uh you never put us on hold?

No.

Sherman.

So are you about to fing fire us right now?

What are you talking about?

Wait a minute.

Okay, hang on.

Hang on, hang on, guys.

What what what what's going on?

What are you guys talking about?

We're asking you what's going on.

We just heard you didn't put us on hold.

We just heard all that.

Yes.

Severance packages, what I heard.

I heard you're letting us go.

Oh my god.

Uh Sherman?

Uh

Sherman?

Maybe you're talking about some other people.

But we just heard just

hang on.

Everybody just calm down.

Just give me give me a second here.

Hang on.

I just let me let me I'll be right back.

Hang on.

Uh

what is going on?

Did you hear that?

Okay.

You all heard the same thing?

Daddy heard that.

Cynthia, how do I did I put is this is this the hole button here?

This is it?

There we go.

They fing heard everything.

No, they just they sit out.

Asking me right now.

I'm doing what he's telling me to do.

This these three are supposed to be let go by the end of the day.

I mean, like I I gotta do it, but it looks like the severance is nobody can live off of this for even three freaking months.

I already know that.

This is this is really fulfilled.

All right.

So look, bring me everybody's stuff.

Let me at least after lunch, they all come in here and pick up their things.

That's all I can do.

Okay.

Is this the right button here?

Okay.

Hello?

It's not the right button.

We can I'm not sure.

Sherman.

I read what I'm hearing.

So we have to be kidding me.

I've been with this, I've been with this for five years.

All right.

I've not I've not let you down for a quarter.

The company down for a quarter.

This is this is ridiculous.

I cannot believe this.

And I'm on travel right now, so how am I going to come and get my things?

By the way, this is ridiculous.

This is how you're gonna let us know.

This is unprofessional.

This is trash.

I cannot believe if you all need a lawyer.

I have someone, I have contacts, we can talk.

But honestly, Sherman, this is this is

this is unaccessible.

Let's not do the whole lawyer thing, guys.

Okay, let's not do that.

All right.

Now people get let go from companies.

People get let go all the time.

And you guys know this.

What are you this is ridiculous?

You're giving up personal business.

Yes, yes, that's true.

You're giving personal business to another.

Uh exactly.

It's not on hold.

Yeah, you cannot be doing this.

Yeah, email me that lawyer number for sure.

Yes, I'll do that.

I will.

I guess you want to too, David.

Thank you.

I didn't I didn't try to for you guys to learn it this way.

All right.

I'm I'm uh okay.

Let's just say I'm not good at the conference button.

I don't know how to put anybody.

You're not doing it.

This is not a good message.

It's not, it's this is not appropriate professional messaging.

In fact, this is

I I I'm mortified.

I cannot believe this episode.

This is beside it.

No, it is it is.

It is.

Hannah is absolutely right.

It is illegal.

This is illegal.

Yep.

Yep.

I will.

I'm writing this down.

Wait, wait, wait.

Come on.

I'll record the call now.

What do you mean you're recording it?

What did you record?

What are you recording it for what?

Yes.

I'm letting you know.

Legally access to the case.

I'm recording this call.

Can you send me that recording, David?

I will do it.

Listen, I don't consent on being recorded.

I want that known now.

That's a recording on hold, Sherman.

Exactly.

Okay.

Okay.

Can I can I ask you guys something?

Do you guys are you familiar with your coworker named Barry Dillard?

Yes.

You don't have to answer that.

Oh Barry fired too?

How are you gonna tell him?

Let me tell you what's going on.

Barry told me to call you.

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

All three of y'all just got pranked by your co-worker, Barry Dillon.

Are you kidding me?

Oh my God.

I'm about to have a heart attack.

Oh my god.

Well, mine's a recorded now, isn't this?

Oh my God.

Hey y'all, nobody has lost their job.

Hannah, Frank, David, nobody has lost their job.

But your co-worker, Barry Dillard, got me the prank phone call.

Y'all right?

So everybody's got their job.

We good.

Oh my god.

We're gonna have to get Barry back.

Wow, okay.

Okay.

I'm good.

I'm good now.

I'm good.

Y'all gotta tell me this.

What is the baddest radio show in the land?

Let me hear it.

Clearly.

Steve Harvey.

And you, nephew Tommy.

Oh man, we're on the Steve Harvey show.