Opinion polls have shown that Donaldson is one of the most well-liked YouTubers on the platform with a 2021 SurveyMonkey poll showing that 70% of respondents have a favorable view of him, compared to 12% who had an unfavorable view.[75]
In May 2018, Donaldson was criticized by Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic for tweets that contained homophobic slurs like "fag" and "gay." He responded by stating that "I'm not offensive in the slightest bit in anything I do."[44]
During a Clubhouse room in February 2021, Donaldson booted entrepreneur Farokh Sarmad after he said he could not pronounce his name, a move that Sarmad later said was racist. Sarmad faced backlash from YouTube's commentary community and other Clubhouse users who were present at the call who argued against Sarmad's claims, claiming that MrBeast removed him along with others to make room for women on the stage to be more inclusive.[76][77]
Allegations of workplace bullying
In a May 2021 The New York Times article, Matt Turner, an editor for Donaldson from February 2018 to September 2019, was quoted as claiming that Donaldson berated him almost daily, including being called a retard. Turner also reported that he was regularly not credited for his work.[50] Reporting by Insider showed that Turner previously posted a video in 2018 explaining his allegations and in October 2019 released a deleted Twitter thread which stated that he was "yelled at, bullied, called mentally retarded and replaceable by MrBeast every single day." Also in 2019, Turner released a now-deleted YouTube video saying Donaldson deleted a project file for a video he was editing for him because a compilation of clips of his philanthropy did not equal the $500,000 figure mentioned in the title of the video. Nate Anderson quit after working for Donaldson for a week in 2018 over what he said were unreasonable demands and called Donaldson a perfectionist. After releasing a video describing his experience working with Donaldson, Anderson reportedly received death threats and hateful comments from MrBeast's fans. Nine other employees who worked for Donaldson also stated while Donaldson was sometimes generous, his demeanour would change when cameras were off of him. They described a difficult work environment while working under him.[50][78]
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