Staff at Seven’s Perth office are waiting on a response from the media company after some walked out of a town hall meeting on Friday during a performance by four women dressed as “sexy Santas” to Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas.

A screen capture from a live stream of the event shows four women with linked arms, dancing in front of Seven’s Perth news director, Ray Kuka, standing at a lectern addressing staff.

The appropriateness of the performance was raised with management, this masthead was told, however no official complaints were filed.

The image, first published by The Australian Financial Review, has raised more questions about the culture at Seven, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny this year over the behaviour of its senior talent and executives.

While running through the network’s numbers and ratings, with Seven’s billionaire controlling shareholder Kerry Stokes also present, Kuka prompted staff to support the coming Alinta Energy Christmas Pageant, set to air on Seven in December.

Several women walked out of the address, returning to their respective offices, one staffer at the town hall said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“It’s the contrast. Four men talking about business, then four women come in, dolled up and scantily clad. What is the role of women at this company?”

It is understood the dancers were organised by Seven’s events team. The company had not addressed staff in relation to the event as of Monday afternoon.

During the meeting, Seven West Media’s WA chief executive, Maryna Fewster, told staff that the editor of digital title The Nightly, Sarah-Jane Tasker, had been appointed as The West Australian’s first female editor.