Paramount CEO David Ellison said in a companywide email employees need to return to the office five days a week or take a buyout. The CEO of the now-merged Skydance and Paramount+ said the move will “unlock Paramount’s full potential.” Employees who don’t want to comply can take a buyout with a fast-approaching deadline of Sept. 15.

Paramount CEO David Ellison, in one of his first companywide memos, demanded staff come back to the office five days a week or else find a new job.

Ellison, the founder and CEO of Skydance Media, became CEO of Paramount after its long-stalled $8 billion merger with Skydance was finalized last month. Since then, he has warned employees of efficiency changes, and said in an email that the new return-to-office mandate, which will be pushed out in phases startin

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