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OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by duck »

vaksel wrote: post #44
zrgiu_ wrote: post #15

Like Notch said... "you are an insane idiot!". What did the CEO of OMGPOP had to gain from making those remarks ? He surely didn't expect the world to take his side.. Even if Shay Pierce really was "the weakest link of the team", you just don't say that. You just got bought for $200 million, now it's the time to show that you deserved to be the CEO of that company, by being diplomatic, respecting those around you (or…

yeah, the 2nd one was even dumber: What's so interesting about success is the number of failures who try to ride on your back. Shay Pierce is just one of many... since the guy specifically went out of his way not to "ride on his back" because of morals. Frankly from his tweets it sure looks like the biggest failure on the team is the CEO...they just got lucky and instead of being humble, he is doing the completely wr…

And the just one of many remark really makes the whole team look bad, like there are others that he thinks the same of who are making the move.

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by mattmaroon »

"Porter’s response to Pierce is being seen by many as petty."

If by "many" you mean everyone who knows what the word petty means, then yes, it is seen by many as petty.

As a CEO this reflects very poorly on you. If he was so weak, why was he on your team?

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by hipsterelitist »

I'm glad this happened in such a public way. I once heard him speak at a VC event about his firing practices with the same sort of attitude. I won't get into the details, but I was shocked that such an individual could be so championed, but he's quite business savvy and very personable... I guess as long as you're on his good side.

Very good fit for Zynga.

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by sgentle »

mtoddh wrote: post #46

I'm curious, could these sort of statements made by a CEO in regards to a former employee be crossing the line into defamation? As in, if Pierce is looking for a job in the future and this is what a potential employer finds...

Could well. I've heard a lot of larger companies have a policy of only providing references of the form "X worked here from Y to Z" for that exact reason.

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by sgentle »

mtoddh wrote: post #46

I'm curious, could these sort of statements made by a CEO in regards to a former employee be crossing the line into defamation? As in, if Pierce is looking for a job in the future and this is what a potential employer finds...

Could well. I've heard a lot of larger companies have a policy of only providing references of the form "X worked here from Y to Z" for that exact reason.

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by scoot »

Draw Something... deleted. (Not that it will make any difference to OMGPOP, but as a matter of principal).

Connectrode [1] - purchased. It's not my usual kind of game, but it's the best way I can think of to show support.

[1]http://www.deepplaid.com/connectrode/Site/Connectrode.html

[Edit - actually it's pretty good!]

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by hipsterelitist »

huggyface wrote: post #45
scott_w wrote: post #31

What a fool. Shay Pierce's article was incredibly polite and graceful, so there's no way OMGPOP can come off looking like anything but pathetic and vindictive. I think the worst thing I've heard our CEO say about a former employee is "it was time for the company and X to part ways" after X took a job elsewhere, and this was an internal meeting. We don't take to tweeting the inner workings of our company.

"Earlier this week – days after Zynga bought OMGPOP for $210 million – a now former OMGPOP engineer named Shay Pierce wrote a column for gaming news Web site Gamasutra explaining that he would not join Zynga because it is "evil." He said that companies like Zynga think of users as "weak-minded cash cows."" Come on. OMGPOP was a fast rising company with a very green CEO. Expectations that they're going to act like the…

I'd hardly call Dan a "very green" CEO.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/danporter

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by rdl »

I bought a copy of Connectrode (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connectrode/id438450056?mt=8) to support the guy, but it's actually a pretty fun game on its own.

It'll be hilarious if he ends up on the leaderboard because of his former boss's lack of civility and professional decorum.

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by verelo »

I would hate to be a recruiter for these guys now. Ignoring that i hate recruiters already...I don't think this will help their case.

In general I'm just amazed by this. Is it even legal for your employer (even if it be an ex-employer) to talk about you in this way?

Re: OMGPOP CEO tweets: "Shay Pierce was the weakest employee on the team"

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Post by blankenship »

huggyface wrote: post #45
scott_w wrote: post #31

What a fool. Shay Pierce's article was incredibly polite and graceful, so there's no way OMGPOP can come off looking like anything but pathetic and vindictive. I think the worst thing I've heard our CEO say about a former employee is "it was time for the company and X to part ways" after X took a job elsewhere, and this was an internal meeting. We don't take to tweeting the inner workings of our company.

"Earlier this week – days after Zynga bought OMGPOP for $210 million – a now former OMGPOP engineer named Shay Pierce wrote a column for gaming news Web site Gamasutra explaining that he would not join Zynga because it is "evil." He said that companies like Zynga think of users as "weak-minded cash cows."" Come on. OMGPOP was a fast rising company with a very green CEO. Expectations that they're going to act like the…

"Very green" is a bit of a misnomer here—Porter's been the CEO of OMGPOP since 2009, and was a SVP at Richard Branson's Virgin Group before that.

"Moment of weakness" maybe, but not from an inexperienced guy.

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