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Stan By Me

A handful of disgruntled employees confronted Stan Duncan, Condé Nast’s H.R. chief, about the company’s decision to shutter Teen Vogue. There was a video, of course, which captures either a noble moment of employee solidarity or a bunch of entitled staffers willfully unaware of Condé’s dwindling fortunes and the realities of the legacy media business. Either way, how far they’ve fallen.

Stan Duncan
Stan Duncan, a Condé veteran once lauded by Human Resources Director magazine as “something of an HR icon himself,” understandably wanted no part of the ambush. Photo: Zach Hilty/BFA.com
Dylan Byers
November 7, 2025

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On Wednesday afternoon, about a dozen, mostly Gen-Zillenial Condé Nast employees gathered on the 34th floor of One World Trade outside the office of Stan Duncan, the company’s human resources director. The day before, Condé had announced that it would be shuttering Teen Vogue and folding it into Vogue.com—a seemingly overdue decision that nevertheless is not without some heartbreak. Six employees, including top editor Versha Sharma, lost their jobs amid the restructuring.