Former employees of the million-dollar Internet media company have cited a number of reasons for their departures in prerecorded confessionals that have since received millions of views. As reported by Variety.com, an assortment of recurring themes can be spotted while watching the videos.

According to ex-staffers, the BuzzFeed higher-ups imposed policies that they didn't agree with, such as the guidelines that prohibited them from working on outside projects. These included channels outside of work and the ex-staffers' personal video projects. Others, like comedy-duo Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn, have cited their lack of ownership and creative control over their work for BuzzFeed as a determining factor for their resignation. The pressures put upon their shoulders to churn out videos that focused on quantity over quality didn't help either, claimed ex-producer Kenny Moffitt.