Landon Greene

Landon Greene is currently the lead writer at TBD, Inc. Greene was hired by Sawyer Shaw for the new position "lead writer" on December 22, 2015, the day before Riley Winter was fired from the position "senior writer".

In Winter v. TBD, the plaintiff alleges that Greene was specifically hired to replace Winter, due to the similarity of the job titles and the duplicate job descriptions.

Relationships
Sawyer Shaw: Boss

Details
Before working at TBD, Landon Greene graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in English, then moved to New York City as an editorial assistant for Harper Collins. Greene's first big publication was an article Greene pitched to Rolling Stone, which ended up being the cover story. After that, Greene wrote freelance for multiple well-known journals, magazines and websites. When asked if age was ever a factor in hiring Greene, Sawyer Shaw responded, " It was, only in the sense that if Landon could accomplish this much at such a young age, then that indicated great future value."

Shaw first encountered Greene's work on December 20, 2015 while flying to a wine-tasting in Buenos Aires. After reading what Shaw called a "brilliant" interview of celebrity Jennifer Lawrence, Shaw read other articles written by Greene, and upon landing Shaw got Greene's contact info from Shaw's secretary Bobbie Lin. Shaw called Greene and offered Greene the position of lead writer for double Greene's current salary (which Shaw later learned was $90K), and to respond to the offer within 48 hours. It should be noted that neither Austin Perez nor Skye Martin, who are normally in on hiring and firing decisions, did not know about Shaw's decision to hire Greene until after Greene accepted the job offer on December 22, when a press release announcing the hiring went out at 11:45 AM on December 23—the same time Winter found out Winter was being terminated.

When asked about the hiring decision later, Shaw insisted that Landon Greene was not in fact hired to replace Riley Winter, describing their job titles, job descriptions, and writing focuses as "totally different". In fact, their job descriptions both read: "Greene’s/Winter's job responsibilities include conceiving, researching, and writing articles about popular American culture, including but not limited to movies, television, celebrities, music, sports & leisure, and pop culture. Greene/Winter also has exclusive responsibility for all celebrity interviews."Greene currently earns $180K at TBD, $20K less than what Winter used to make. But for age, Greene is a member of all the same protected classes as Winter (e.g. gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religion, and disability status), making their ages the only factor that sets the two apart.

Trivia

 * Landon Greene is briefly mentioned in MTS v. Kosack by Ashley Thornhill. According to Thornhill, Greene was a regular guest on Midlands After Dark with Alex Grace, and was so popular that rumors circulated among the show crew about Greene replacing Alex Grace as host.