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Fortune
Jane Thier

WebMD’s parent company goes nuclear on return to office in an uncanny leaked video: ‘We need you ready and present, and we need it now’

WebMD CEO Robert Brisco attends WebMD Health Hero Awards ceremony at WebMD Corporate Headquarters in 2019. (Credit: Lev Radin—Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, Internet Brands, the parent company of WebMD, Fodor’s, Lawyers.com, and CarsDirect, shared an unusual and discomfiting video announcing its plans to formally order workers back to the office—and mocking those who haven’t done so of their own accord. 

The internal video was erroneously shared publicly on the company’s Vimeo page, according to Vice’s Maxwell Strachan. Since the Vice write-up, the video garnered some online jeering, and Internet Brands amended the video to include an opening disclaimer. 

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