Seriously, Jason Calacanis has not done anything considered smart since he sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL.
Other than that he's not a graceful entrepreneur and an attention seeker (I refrain myself from using a harsher term).
Jason Calacanis at his finest
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Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#12Funny how he is preaching one thing but does another...
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#13I've never worked at a company where I tried to be professional and gave 2 weeks notice and was NOT immediately shown the door (hence I learned to prepare and not be surprised).
Does it really happen in this day and age? Don't companies lockout high value employees immediately as a matter of security and anti-sabotage?
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#14Suggested rewrite:
Hey Evan,
We're mighty sorry, but we understand. If things don't work out at yahoo! as planned we want you to know the door is always open to return, after all we hate to see you go.
Please tell the rest of your team that you go with our blessing and that we look forward to seeing you do great things in the future. We all know if there is one thing they need over there it is quality people.
Since we still owe you more vacation days than your severance we can of course not hold you to stay longer but we'd really appreciate it if you could somehow squeeze out an extra few days to transfer your duties to John, of course we'll compensate you for that.
All the best!
j
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
We do know: Yahoo @evanculver Good luck at Yahoo, dude. It's not as dead as some say, as is evidenced by the excellent code they churn out. -- http://twitter.com/codeshaman/status/12584315658 @codeshaman Thank you sir. I was going to delay the announcement, but you know, people do things that make you jumpy. -- http://twitter.com/evanculver/status/12585519584
That makes me wonder, has Yahoo laid off more or less employees (proportionally) than Mahalo?
No need to wonder, considerably more, but they've also hired considerably more.
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#16Seriously, Jason Calacanis has not done anything considered smart since he sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL. Other than that he's not a graceful entrepreneur and an attention seeker (I refrain myself from using a harsher term).
1. Mahalo is a top 200 site, over 10M uniques and operationally profitable.
2. Open Angel Forum has been hosting in five cities in the first four months of 2010.
3. I've done seven angel investments including gdgt.com, gowalla.com and blippy.com.
4. TechCrunch50 has made millions of dollars, but more importantly launched amazing startups like Mint.com, Powerset and yammer.
5. This Week in Startups about to have it's one-year anniversary and advertising has been sold out for two years. Also, ThisWeekIn.com is closing a small angel round and have almost 10 shows.
6. ON the board of Savings.com, GDGT and another company not yet announced.
I'd list ten more things... but it would start to get a little silly.
I'm getting a lot done these days, but you are correct I'm far from graceful. I'm blunt and to the point... sometimes I say things in private, or public, that I shouldn't.
A private thing that should have stayed private is now public. Yawn. There is more to the story, but I'm not going to comment HR issues publicly--that would not be professional. Part of me would love to unload however.
best j
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#17I've never worked at a company where I tried to be professional and gave 2 weeks notice and was NOT immediately shown the door (hence I learned to prepare and not be surprised). Does it really happen in this day and age? Don't companies lockout high value employees immediately as a matter of security and anti-sabotage?
correct.
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#18Seriously, Jason Calacanis has not done anything considered smart since he sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL. Other than that he's not a graceful entrepreneur and an attention seeker (I refrain myself from using a harsher term).
1. Mahalo is a top 200 site, over 10M uniques and operationally profitable. 2. Open Angel Forum has been hosting in five cities in the first four months of 2010. 3. I've done seven angel investments including gdgt.com, gowalla.com and blippy.com. 4. TechCrunch50 has made millions of dollars, but more importantly launched amazing startups like Mint.com, Powerset and yammer. 5. This Week in Startups about to have it's…
You already have been commenting on HR issues publicly. Why stop now?
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#19I've never worked at a company where I tried to be professional and gave 2 weeks notice and was NOT immediately shown the door (hence I learned to prepare and not be surprised). Does it really happen in this day and age? Don't companies lockout high value employees immediately as a matter of security and anti-sabotage?
I've seen several people leave at places I've worked, but never seen one of them locked out. When people are asked to "resign" I've seen them told to finish out their paid term at home, but that's obviously a lot more confrontational than someone who chooses to leave.
Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That makes me wonder, has Yahoo laid off more or less employees (proportionally) than Mahalo?
No need to wonder, considerably more, but they've also hired considerably more.
Of course they've hired considerably more, I think that's why the parent to your comment said "(proportionally)".