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I heard it as coldly professional. What, do you think they'd want a hug? I object to your use of "appalling". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7zkd0kRS4
One can avoid outpourings of faux sympathy without treating their email account termination as a higher priority than saying thank you.
The next one is a gem too: ~1:55 in: "Abel, put that camera down right now. Abel, you're fired, out." https://soundcloud.com/jim-romenesko/aol-ceo-tim-armstrong-8...
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He was fucking around and not taking the meeting seriously. If I was a CEO trying to get the house in order and at that very second Instagram is more important to you... you're gonna have a bad time.
I don't think anyone is debating whether taking a photo during a serious meeting is a good idea It's wrong to unnecessarily fire someone in front of their colleagues. It destroys morale and it's essentially a form of public humiliation. A better response would have been to ask to put the camera away and remind people it's a serious meeting.
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An analogy like that can be used in many ways. Here is my version: professional = I have to eat you (not want) nice = I am sorry (being nice is not only about helping) professional + nice = I have to eat you and I am sorry.
I am sorry but I have to eat you. ?
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professional = I want to eat you nice = I want to help you professional + nice = I want to eat you and help you? Now that doesn't work at all.
An analogy like that can be used in many ways. Here is my version: professional = I have to eat you (not want) nice = I am sorry (being nice is not only about helping) professional + nice = I have to eat you and I am sorry.
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What's crazy is that the US is an "at will" employment law. Which means you can get fired (or quit) for any trivial reason at all what so ever (the meaning of 'at will'). The only people with legal recourse are protected classes (ie, minorities). But it would be both improbable and abusive if mass-lafoffs were only legal fodder in this context. Who the heck else is suing and for what? Or is it just the threat of laws…
Nobody has a right to a job. Try being an employer some time.
Wow. That was incredible. The monotonous way in which the message was delivered, the complete lack of emotion and empathy, is appalling. Notice she did not apologize nor express any condolences beyond declaring the new unemployed state of those people to be "unfortunate." Without knowing much about the situation (I only listened to the recording), and leaving myself wide open to be corrected by someone with more insi…
This kind of behavior (promoted by HR/Legal) needs to stop. Period. It is not about firing people by conference, phone or whatever. It is about the thanklessness and the attitude that sucks. Does it really hurt to genuinely feel and say "sorry we cannot keep you any longer. Hope you understand". No one is going to sit and whine about being laid-off but the manner of layoffs (in america at least) is getting shameful,…
Patch was kinda rocking at first for me - especially when I was over in Broooklyn. It was showing up in my feeds or when i went searching for stories in some states. Then AOL got them and suddenly I saw no posts from The Patch on my feeds - for like all of 2013. What happened?
The next one is a gem too: ~1:55 in: "Abel, put that camera down right now. Abel, you're fired, out." https://soundcloud.com/jim-romenesko/aol-ceo-tim-armstrong-8...
What was the context there? Was abel part of the group being fired in the call? Or was he fired on the spot with that remark?