He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise. Netflix fired him.

Netflix billed the January retreat as a "Vulnerability-Trust exercise," held at Sendero Ranch, a company property in Northern California. Kevin Baillie, then head of creative at Netflix's Eyeline Studios, used his turn to disclose that he'd taken supervised ketamine at a Santa Barbara clinic in late 2022 to treat clinical depression after his mother's death. He was fired in April and is now suing, reports the Independent.

The lawsuit says Netflix opened an inquiry into the disclosure, and that an investigator's questions implied recreational drug use. Baillie claims a Netflix attorney later confirmed the disclosure factored into his firing — a decision that cost him a $1.1 million-a-year job and up to a year of severance.

The filing also describes a workplace culture that encouraged drinking: Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro allegedly kept a bar in his office and served drinks after meetings that included Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. At the same January retreat, Baillie drank a pint of Guinness while standing on his head, at another employee's request. An earlier performance review had asked him to swear less, though not to stop entirely.

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