Things were fine when he started in 2022, but now Bergmann has thousands of Red Box DVDs sitting in his hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nRed Box\u2019s parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of June, switching it to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in July following claims of alleged mismanagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, Bergmann said he\u2019s one of hundreds of employees across the country with money still owed to them, which is partially why he now has a hallway full of DVDs with no spot to deliver them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do with them,\u201d he said. \u201cI guess I have a lifetime\u2019s worth of media to entertain myself with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That could be fun, but Bergmann doesn\u2019t even have a DVD player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEssentially,\u201d he said, \u201cthey are assets of the company, but the company doesn\u2019t exist anymore. So, I guess we\u2019re waiting. We\u2019re just waiting. And I don\u2019t know what we\u2019re waiting for. I don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to tell me what, and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bergmann said he\u2019s still owed about $1,000 for fuel used to deliver DVDs to the dozens of kiosks from Winter Haven to St. Pete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He posted a video on YouTube to voice his frustrations and the complaints of many other co-workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His video, as of this writing, has amassed more than 300,000 views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur rent\u2019s going up,\u201d Bergmann said. \u201cThings aren\u2019t getting cheaper, so we have to work a little harder, and we work every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n