Why I Left BuzzFeed: Quinta Brunson
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2021
- BuzzFeed alumni superstar Quinta Brunson spills the tea on why she left, what she's been up to, and whether BuzzFeed's fallen off since.
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A WHY I LEFT BUZZFEED ON BUZZFEED THIS IS SO FUNNY
I did a double take 😂😁.
Lol
It’s not that funny…
RIGHT 😂
I was like whaaaat
Yk its going to be watered down if buzzfeed is posting “why i left buzzfeed” videos
I swearrr
Buzzfeed's never not been watered down. Microjournalism at its worst.
Exactly
Seriously!!
E
For me personally: BuzzFeed 2012-2017 was THE best in terms of content and personalities. Quinta, Justin, Andrew, Ashley, Eugene, Ned, Keith, Zach, Chris R, Curly, Shane, Ryan, Erin, and basically everyone there during that time will always have a special place in my heart.
I literally grew up watching these people and I feel kinda sad but at the same time happy for what they are achieving now.
You forgot Freddie, Kristen, Devon, Chantal, and Jen from Ladylike and Sofiya.
Yea the try guys, lady like, yb, worth it was the best and still the best
@@shannencj2282 I only watch Buzzfeed for Jaz now.
And Selorm!
The fact that Justin was the one who first brought her to Buzzfeed and now he’s a writer on Abbott Elementary. 😌
He is?!?!
@@Nordiaaa Yup! It says so on IMDb.
STOP IT, thats beautiful :')
Aww I love that
Explains Quintin.
June 2021: She just sold a show to ABC she’s super passionate about called Abbott Elementary
July 2022: Quinta Brunson is a 3x Emmy nominee and the first Black woman to be nominated at the Emmys in 3 different categories (Acting, Writing, & Producing) for Abbott Elementary 🎉🙌🏼
And now she's an Emmy winner!!
@@ladyaries yes! I saw, I was jumping up and down cheering when she won!! 🎉
Emmy award winner!!!!
It's a beautiful thing ❤️
And now a golden globe winner!!!
I think quinta didn't have a bad experience because she treated the experience like the 9 to 5 job it was and didn't give all her best ideas to the company. She worked, earned the living she needed to grow and moved on.
Yes! Such a good point. It seems like a lot of people felt constrained creatively while Quinta was making moves and plans outside of what she understood to be her 9-5.
Exactly! People don't know how to play the game.
Agreed 💯
oh.. that does make sense, like I guess she knows the fine print or the unwritten rule and manage to be happy in it
@@jennterry6977I don’t know how to play the game pls teach me haha. Someone.
Abbott Elementary is hilarious and she’s quickly creating one of the best sitcoms in this decade.
Yes! I love Abbott Elementary. So happy for Quinta.
Oh my gosh!!! I thought I recognized her! I was like… why she look like an actor I know?! I looked in the comment section to confirm it was abbott elementary! Wow
I hope it gets 5+ seasons
oh babes wait till u know she’s the first black woman to be nominated for friwiting, acting, and outstanding comedy!
She literally just won an Emmy for the writing on Abbott Elementary. She's amazing!
Not gonna lie, I miss this era of BuzzFeed - BuzzFeed has no sauce anymore. The producers who made BuzzFeed Video watchable have mostly moved on/have been made redundant, which that's life; but there's not really much new people to fill the void. It's a shadow of its former self - for real.
i forgot they make videos anymore. most of their previous employees have more successful channels now
@@samelmudir Honestly! I almost forget it exists - I see them with their sneaky channel rebrands
They still got thier tasty team
Omg meee toooo. I really like this era. As if they are in this different universe. Haha
I think Buzzfeed really lost all of their skits people
I went to college with her. I never talked to her, I just remember seeing her walking around campus because she was so pretty and always laughing with a group of friends when I saw her. I am glad she is living her best life.
that's really cute :) some people would decide to hate her for that! I'm glad you enjoy seeing other people be happy and successful. best wishes to you ♥️
@@ImmortalHDizzle Very true!!!!
Hey, what college??😃
@@deenad3562 Temple
A “Why I left Buzzfeed” video on Buzzfeed….are they holding her at gunpoint?
Nope, just stealing as usual 😂
@@jaune-soleil Yet another reason to hate them.
@@jaune-soleil lool i think theyre payign her though. Which is good for her bcus money and advertising for her current show ❤
Well she probably wanted to get paid for the video. Because from the past ones I've seen, they always say that their own content doesn't belong to them
maybe she has a book & tv show(s) to promote
Or maybe it’s just to reminisce
I’ll always miss the 2014+ era of Buzzfeed 😢 it was Lit ✨🔥✨
Quinta was always great 👍✨
Imagine leaving a job, then the old job makes you do a video on why you are leaving the job.
With companies where employees quit on good terms there can be an exit interview. Buzzfeed went literal.
The views were required
It’s called an exit interview
I would love making my former employer edit a video of me talking trash about them.
They are absolutely paying her to do this, get the bag Quinta 🤷♀️
This just made me miss the old BuzzFeed even more
Saaaaaame man
I honestly was hoping the buzzfeed writers circa 2015 (quinta,ashley,justin,curly,julissa, maya,claudia,gadiel,tryguys,etcetc) would have their own show on ABC. That would have been awesome because they have always ( I thought) had great chemistry.
@@robertstanley9633 exactly, I want everything back
@@iihh517 it's mostly tiktoks now
@@klaudiapi93 you feel me
They definitely posted this to show that not everyone hates them when they leave and that people leave for normal reasons, too. They needed one on their channel like this to save face for the slew of others who had horrible experiences and vocalized them on the internet.
I also feel like it’s their way of riding on Quinta’s coattails, like “we got to her first y’all. We made her. That’s our baby and look how successful she is now.” But honestly it was Quinta’s own talent and hard work that got her to where she is now.
I guess it’s mutually beneficial because she got to promote her other works.
Definitely a PR effort.
Lord! Calm down! You tried it!
In every company there are good and bad experiences. Unfortunately the bad ones are often expressed louder. I’m sure all wasn’t good for her but it was a turning point in her career. She surely learned a lot! Good for her. She had the opportunity and seized it!
Man, Quinta, Justin and Zac was the power couple of BuzzFeed back then! Everything they did was gold!
Them and the try guys made BuzzFeed great back then
When was that?? I've never seen any of their videos i don't think
@@ramonanaya6236 they were popular at the time BuzzFeed blew up, about beginning of last decade or so. They still have videos on the site.
@@Denis-89 😆 ok i didn't start watching buzfeed til like 2015 ish
I miss justin and Zack
And now she has received her first Emmy.😊❤️❤️
Well deserved.
AND Golden Globe
Seeing Quinta and Ashley makes me miss old school buzzfeed so bad 😂.
What happened to Ashley tho?
They both are writing shows for abc (Quinta even starring in her own). They're better off now
@@worldsbiggestholdthegirlfan Ashley has a show too? What is it?
@@courtney-ray She’s not acting in it, but she is a writer on it, it’s called Home Economics
I like how Quinta left buzzfeed and now she has a Abc show
Of course buzzfeed posts the good reasons why people left
Sure, but most of the reasons in other videos boil down to "I don't know how copyright law works" or "I wasn't treated like special flower that my instagram followers tell me I am."
But most people aren't leaving shows to create and star in a network television show. If she wasn't so successful, I'm sure she'd stay.
@@chasef89 actually what most of them complained about was being producers, writers, and talent for their own content but having no real creative control or ownership. Did they agree to it? Yes, but I'm sure it was heavily implied to them that it was just a technicality, because they all seemed to be shocked the first time their employer threatened them with "well we own this and you don't so......" Also, becuase it's rare for people who control THAT many aspects of it to not have any stake in it. Usually they'd be working on teams where there's be no expectation of getting partial rights because it's not really *yours*, it's a collaborative effort.
I've also heard they didn't a cut of their own merch, which is super unusual. If they were working as reporters or producers of whatever, sure. But it's pretty rare for people to have merchandise with their own face on it and then be told they don't get any of it.
Their pretty notorious for a toxic overbearing work environment that has left then hemorrhaging staff for years. You want to say that's them being difficult and wanting special treatment, but the fact that they are ALL leaving buzzfeed within the first couple years heavily implies that it's stopped being a coincidence at some point.
It's especially bad becuase they work as CZcams content creators. It's not like being an animator at a studio where you have to have a major distributor behind you to produce content. Because branching off is so easy, it's on BuzzFeed to incentivize them not to leave. That's capitalism baby.
Quinta, Justin and Zack also work together on the Abbott Elementary. The trio really made it.
they did ? Yessssss!
Source?
Nvm I see it on Justin's bio for insta. I'm so glad they're still working together!!
‘Abbott Elementary’ is an instant CLASSIC ✨ Perfect cast, Great writing, funny sweet spicy 🌶 Quinta Brunson, you are a gem 💎
Leaving Buzzfeed was the best thing you could've done!!! Congratulations on the Emmy! You deserve it more then anyone, I've never had a role model but now I do. You're amazing! Congrats, Quinta!
If Quinta haven't left buzzfeed then we wouldn't have Abbott elementary and wouldn't have been an 2 time Emmy winner!!!
Go Quinta!!!!👑👑👑
Been following Quinta for so long. Its weird how social media allows us to basically be a part of an artist’s journey through their life. Its not something we could do before.
okay but Quinta is actually such a genius and having a mind of a professional film creator. Like it explains so much how well written and well the show Abbott Elementary was. And it was so well created.
Half way through, and it's still all about the opportunities that BuzzFeed gave her..well played BuzzFeed. 😂😂😂
While she needs a good reference
@5:48 theyre trying to control the narrative.. god thats so pathetic 😅
@@mgarriques949 it's not just about buzzfeeds opportunity to feed off her, right? At the end of the day, if she had an idea, she had BuzzFeed to back her up, she had them provide her with the resources to make her ideas come to a reality for the world to see. Sure, BuzzFeed made money off it. But isn't that what every person in a creative field is going through? So it's a give and take..she gave BuzzFeed some viral content, they gave her resources to make it happen, and at the end of the day, she built her portfolio using their financial resources to move on in life and build herself as a brand.
@@mgarriques949 if she was an independent creator and BuzzFeed just kept reposting her content by giving her some money and credits, sure, I'd gladly agree with you and say that BuzzFeed made money off her efforts. But at the end of the day as a company that churns out content, they provided her resources to make her ideas into content.
From Buzzfeed to a whole Emmy winner… congrats!!
And now she is an Emmy award winning writer/actress!!!!!
I’ve loved Quinta since day one. I’m so beyond happy she continues to soar!
Me too! I was so excited to see her in 'Abbott Elementary'. She's so naturally funny!
Wait what? Has BuzzFeed made a series of it's workers transitioning jobs? Lol
Aww really nice video though 😁😁😁
They started doing it because employees were doing in on their own and buzzfeed would rather control the narrative and get the views
@@siearra123 After people started dropping off like flies I bet they made the ones who stayed sign all new NDAs preventing real videos on why I left videos.
@@siearra123 plus Quinta is one of their loyalists. they're treated more like alumni than people who quit on bad terms.
Not everybody leaves on bad terms. Some of those "Why I Left Buzzfeed" videos are kind of laughable because some of these former employees would say that it was their first job out of college and they didn't like how their employer put pressure on them to do well. That's literally every job on Earth. A lot of them never had real responsibility before joining Buzzfeed.
I miss all this og buzzfeed series 😭😭😭 so many familiar faces I miss so. Much
On the exit interview,
HR: so before you leave, you just have one teeeeeny tiny assignment so we can release your final pay.
So basically you’re just making up lies that you can’t even prove! So sad!
@@krj55575 I think she was joking in her comment
She has an Emmy now 👑
As funny as having a "why I left Buzzfeed" on Buzzfeed is, I am so, so excited to see what all comes from Quinta moving forward. She's already done so much, and I think she's insanely talented. I'm so glad to see her getting the recognition she deserves!!
Coming back to this video after I just watched her accept her Emmy award just shows how far people can go once they leave Buzzfeed
The irony of this being on buzzfeed
BuzzFeed caught on the fact that "why I left BuzzFeed" videos did well on youtube and now decided to jump on the train.... metaaaaaaa
I am SO gd proud of Quinta. I don’t know her personally but I am always rooting for this girl.
Why should we trust this video when these ex-employees obviously left because they werent given creative agency/treated as well as they could have been? Quinta obviously doesnt work there anymore and theyre still trying to capitalize on her image SMH
man I miss the OG buzzfeed :’)
Abbott elementary is one of my most favorite shows!❤
I LOVED BROKE! It made me feel like I had Black best friends and I needed to see that representation. It encouraged me to seek out friends that look like me. Thank you for that show🖤
Wait, are you black with no black friends??
@@blahblahblah3722 I can relate, although it's no friends period. By choice of course, people are two crazy. My hubby my friend literally.
and now Queen won an Emmy
I feel proud to her that she achieved so many things. She very inspirational
MY GIRL QUINTA 😍😍😍
The best thing that happened to her because she’s killing it on Abbott Elementary
That little show called Abott Elementary that killed at the Emmys
I watched a lot of "Why I left Buzzfeed" videos. It seems like that the only two negative reasons why people left Buzzfeed are that they couldn't own what they've created and that they had no control over how the projects they were working on headed towards. But those things happen quite usually in any industries that are remotely related to creativity. I've worked in the PR/Marketing/Advertising industry for many years. It's the norm that as a creator/copywriter, you have to listen to your boss and clients based on what they want, when your ideas parallel with theirs. Also, whatever you wrote or created at your job, the copyright is owned by the company not you.
Perhaps that shouldn't be the norm in those industries.
@@eli3568 if the company didn't own the rights to the content there wouldn't be a company. Oh wait that's exactly the same as them leaving and starting their individual channels
I’m back here after seeing Quinta win an emmy yesterday. Kind of surreal but so proud of her!!
Wow quinta is the reason I became I fan of buzzfeed. Cheers to new experiences :)
I honestly believe she didn’t suffer at Buzzfeed. It was the golden age of CZcams before the BS that is CZcams today.
I'm so proud of Qunita!!!! She minded her business and did the work. She knew her talents and dreams were bigger then Buzzfeed and used them to get were she needed to go.
The golden age of buzzfeed, where everyone was amazing (no shade to the new buzzfeed) but u just felt like u actually knew them. I would look forward to all every video. Back when everyone was shipping Quinta & Justin 😂
This video just makes me miss old school buzzfeed more. Buzzfeed is just not the same anymore. For real I miss the skits and the iconic staff members
Quinta was one of my favorite cast members on Buzzfeed. I'm happy to see she's doing so well.
Live ya life girl! My wife and I have lived you in EVERYTHING we've seen you in!!!! ❤️❤️
EMMY WINNER 👑🙌✨
Buzzfeed apparently just wanted to capitalize on the trend of "why I left buzzfeed" videos...Why do I find that kind of gross?
@Pigga Lover ---- no, those channels are telling the truth about why BuzzFeed was an awful and manipulative place to work. then BuzzFeed saw that those videos were getting lots of views and did what BF does best: stole the idea. except their version of it includes lots and lots lying and making it sound like BuzzFeed was such a great place to work, and leaves out all of the parts about how it is actually a horrible environment that everyone wants to leave. LOL.
@Pigga Lover --- BuzzFeed is the one who capitalized off of them in the first place and took advantage of them. BF has absolutely no original content, at all. You think that since theft is common that makes it ok to steal?
there's a huuuuuge middle ground between being "slaves", versus working for a company that gives you an equitable share of the revenue they're making off of you, LOL. getting paid 200 bucks to eat Doritos only sounds like a good deal until you realize the actual facts: that they're profiting off of her image, in total perpetuity, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
that's the entire scheme of manipulative companies like this: they offer a few fun-sounding perks to people who are trying to break into the industry and tell them exactly the lie that you're repeating: "you couldn't have made it anywhere without us!!"
because it's such a cash grab. they know that when prominent buzzfeed workers leave they tend to make a video about it, and that video makes a lot of money, and they want that money and control over their PR. feels crappy because it's keeping the creator from getting the money themselves and from speaking their own mind
YAY MAMA!!!👏👏. I'm so proud of you!! You're absolutely right, the time you were there and right before you got there it really was a great bunch of people at buzzfeed.
So much talent, I re- watched 100's of videos when quarantine started.
Congratulations Quinta! So excited for you 💓
Abbott Elementary is SO funny..the cast melds together perfectly and it still has that "The Office" camera style that makes it even more enjoyable to watch..not to mention it got 100% on rotten tomatoes so u can't go wrong there!
Food for thought. Maybe, just maybe, everyone that left didn't have a bad experience or left on negative terms. From the video that seems to be why she did a "Why I Left Buzzfeed" for Buzzfeed.
Moving on for personal and professional growth. Hmm... interesting concept 🤔
Yeah it's just like any other jobs or workplace, but everyone seems to think that BuzzFeed is some evil masterlord or something
@@pyreworks5210 Exactly. Buzzfeed is a business. Some of these "Why I Left Buzzfeed" videos are kind of ridiculous because these people are complaining about the terms in the contracts that they signed. They didn't realize that the content that they created belonged to the company and not them. But that's exactly what they agreed to. They're only mad because they didn't realize they would become so successful and popular while at Buzzfeed and would only receive a fixed salary.
@@peanutjelly727 exactly!!!
Quinta!! I’m buying the book now! I’ve enjoyed your content for years and I always get so excited when I see projects that you are involved in now! I can’t wait to see all of the amazing things you continue to do in the world ❤️
I love seeing all of this creators out of BuzzFeed making amazing projects that might be inspired or grown from a video here at BuzzFeed and making it out on a different chanel or TV. As Quinta sais internet was making it big that it needed to be translated to TV as well. The reruns and same stories, with no representation weren't keeping up with the rest of us who lives online. Most of all I love the respect that BuzzFeed is giving a little back to the people who gave all their hard work with this "why I left BuzzFeed"
I love how Quinta used the clickbait format of Buzzfeed to misdirect us into a lovely story about her career so far.
Or some one else at BF
Miss you Quinta but I’m so happy for you and your success ❤️
so proud of you!!! the best wishes ❤️
200$ for tasting doritos?! Why don't we have a buzzfeed in my country? lmao
Strange, I thought she left a long time ago to do her own thing as a stand up comedian
Well, in any case, I'm happy that she's more happy now ☺️
She did leave a while ago, but she’s promoting her book and she has a TV show coming out this fall
@@SanskarWagley book is AWESOME
The Justin/Quinta/Zack videos were some of my favorites. RIP The Golden era of BuzzFeed.
The way her and Kate have been besties since forever
Wow this brought back so many memories it's crazy. I remember being lost in a buzzfeed spiral for hours before having to wake up for school calculating how much sleep I'll be able to get. And then one day everything changed I can't pinpoint a specific time but suddenly life just switched gears again. And now I'm reminiscing😩.
Forever a Fan of Quinta!! I always enjoyed watching her because she reminds me of family. Particularly my sister :D
Sis just won an Emmy 👏👏👏👏
oh my gosh i remember you 3!!! i used to watch you gguys all the time!!!!!!
So proud of Quinta, I admit I watched buzzfeed for her work and a few other characters with quirky personalities. Definitely relatable during college yrs
This and Isa Rayes ABG were all incredibly different content and inspiring content to watch. CZcams has its phases but between 2011-2017 I stopped watching once my favourite characters left. So proud to see most of them grow and venture out into bigger and better things!!!
I never thought Quinta's "Why I Left BuzzFeed" would be on BuzzFeed...
I didn't realize how much I missed the old buzzfeed style until they started showing more of it. I thought it was just my tastes that changed but there was actually a different style of video for a time. Le sigh.
Also - I'm so proud of Quinta! She's been so busy I actually cannot keep up with all the amazing things she's doing.
I've been watching Quinta since buzzfeed and its incredible to see all of the amazing things she has accomplished. So proud of her!
Crazy to see her growth I remember I used to watch her on buzzfeed🙂 then when I heard about abbot elementary when it came I decided to give it a watch. And now she is an emmy winner crazy
We missed you on the latest season on A Black Lady Sketch Show!
Damn I used to love Buzzfeed when these people were on it.
Omg, I watched Abbott Elementary and couldn’t remember where I saw you! I loved these buzzfeed characters. Good job! You are funny!
I first saw Quinta B on Buzzfeed. Everything she and her friends were in were incredible. I would pay for all those videos to be in one place. Violet/Ashley, Justin, Quinta… ohhh maaan!! Loved it!! Forever a fan!
I'm going to have to go back and watch the Quinta videos now
i was trying to figure out where I recognized her from on abbott elementary, and gottdamn she left BuzzFeed and then rocketed to the stratosphere. hope she only goes up from here
She won 3 Emmy’s for her writing, acting, and directing of abbot elementary!!
So happy for her 💗
This was so inspiring on how she worked her way up! I wonder if she still keeps in touch with her friends from Buzzfeed
She works with Justin Tan on Abbott Elementary. He is a writer there since it premiered.
Anyone else miss Quinta, zack, Justin, Ashley, Ella, Sara, and so much more? 🥲
The OG Buzzfeed squad was so good... they fell off crazy, damn shame.
Love this woman in the Black Lady Sketch Show. 😂
😆👍🏾
Thank you for sharing. I liked hearing the time you worked there.
When Buzzfeed is making, “why I left Buzzfeed” videos you know Buzzfeed has fallen off. LOL
Congrats for the emmy noms! So proud of you! 🥰
Congrats on all your success Quinta!!! You were one of my favorites on Buzzfeed
TO WIN AN EMMY
She is one of my favorites and I miss this the BuzzFeed era!
LOOK WHERE QUINTA IS NOW. AN EMMY WINNER!!
I love her so much and cant wait to see what else she creates!! ❤
QuinTin ❤ so happy theyre still friends and continue to work together
It's weird that this is actually on BuzzFeed but she's seriously so cool and definitely the former BuzzFeeder most headed towards mainstream success (like she has her own TV show! We stan!). I remember the good ole days so it's fun looking back on that and seeing how many people have found success and fulfillment on their own since. I hope that her book and TV show do well!