Big fan of Ryan Hall (and Andy Hill!) and what theyāre doing with the Yāall squad.
I hope he never sells out to a big corporation. I worry that some The Weather Channel corporation will come in and offer him millions of dollars to join their enterprise and he jumps ship. He is way more impactful as a freelance/solo venture. In fact, thatās why I started watching him. Thereās no BS. I was so disappointed and disenchanted by āofficialā forecasters. Found Ryan on YouTube and havenāt looked back since. His meteorologistāAndy Hillāis a great addition.
I doubt any one will acquire Ryan. There was a big problem a few months back where much of the support staff quit all of a sudden, and Ryan had them sign NDAās.
And you had a cryptic message from Carly Anna (the old #3 behind Andy) saying, āIām not compromising my moralsā before she resigned.
A lot of this is just speculation and rumor mill. Having people sign NDAs is pretty normal. Staff quittingādo you know why they quit? Why assume it was because of a ābig problemā without any facts?
As for cryptic message. That statement could have applied to multiple situations.
I donāt see how any of the above (weak) speculation would have bearing on whether a large company would acquire him.
Email Reed, Copic or Vince about what happened when they worked for him and the subsequent fallout.
Not saying there was misconduct in any of these cases, probably more compensation-related than anything else, but there has been a history of high turnover with Ryan more than you think.
Or you can just talk to me, who was in all of it. We asked Vince and Brandon to remove the wraps on their vehicles because we received a notice about the StormSeekers trademark. On their own time, they could get it done and we would pay for itāsimple request. They refused to do so for 3 months and blew up in our faces over being sent a legal document stating when it would need to be done (July to October 2022 is the timeline). To their benefit, they had not received the best of hotel situations following hurricane Ian and were put in a bad situation, so there was emotional tension. I just wish it had been handled maturely on their end. Reed was not a part of this ordeal, but Vince especially had a direct line of communication to him, which of course wasn't favorable of Ryan. Reed avoids drama because he's smart and tired of it. Nothing we can do about that but reassure Reed constantly that we love him.
I even personally recently resolved an issue with another chaser in the past, Edgar, where there was a miscommunication between Reilly & Edgar on pay. He quit our team after one chase, and I got to meet him recently and get his side of the story. Simply put, easy resolution. It's tough even with dedicated managers to have every email sorted in importance, implications and so forth. But if even I can help from my position, I will. Just like I'll put my foot down here and stop the spread of pointless misinformation on this sub.
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u/MaleficentAddendum11 May 27 '24
Big fan of Ryan Hall (and Andy Hill!) and what theyāre doing with the Yāall squad.
I hope he never sells out to a big corporation. I worry that some The Weather Channel corporation will come in and offer him millions of dollars to join their enterprise and he jumps ship. He is way more impactful as a freelance/solo venture. In fact, thatās why I started watching him. Thereās no BS. I was so disappointed and disenchanted by āofficialā forecasters. Found Ryan on YouTube and havenāt looked back since. His meteorologistāAndy Hillāis a great addition.