A former Netflix executive has filed a lawsuit claiming he lost his $1.1 million-a-year job after disclosing during a company-organised "trust exercise" that he had used ketamine therapeutically. The case raises questions about the limits of workplace vulnerability exercises and whether employees can be penalised for sharing personal health information that was solicited in a professional setting, particularly given ketamine's growing recognised use as a legal, supervised treatment for mental health conditions.

According to the lawsuit, the executive says he was encouraged to speak openly as part of the retreat activity, and disclosed that he had undergone ketamine therapy, only to later find his employment terminated as a result. He is now pursuing legal action against Netflix over the dismissal, arguing the disclosure was made in good faith within a company-sanctioned setting. Further details of the case, including the exact circumstances of the retreat and Netflix's response, have not been fully disclosed.