I came across Tony in his Mixergy interview in 2008, he was always inspiring. Even though I didn't meet him it hit home when I saw the news. Rest In Peace, you inspired millions.
Tony Hsieh has died
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#292What a terrible way to die. Seems like deep suffering. I hope not.
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#293Something is amiss here. How does a damn near Billionaire die alone trapped in a basement? The home was purchased August, 2020 by Rachael Brown a Zappos employee since 2004, Where was Rachael during this so-called fire? Where was his brother? Why was his name hidden November 18th when the so-called fire broke out? A week later we here him being in the ICU since November 18th and died November 27th I read it was a hit.
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#294Something isn't adding up about his death
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#295Did Tony used to have a Twitter account? I recall exchanging tweets with him, but can't seem to find his account anymore.
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#296Hsieh's Downtown Project building a startup city in Downtown Las Vegas had some very dark aspects, as this 2014 article detailed. https://www.vox.com/2014/10/1/11631452/the-downtown-project-...
What’s the point of sharing this on an article about his passing?
It's an excellent real world critique of Hsieh's ‘Delivering Happiness’ holacracy ethos.
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#297Such a precious life; gone like a blow of wind
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#298Tony Hsieh has died at the age of 46. He died of injuries sustained during a house fire in Connecticut. Tony Hsieh is most well-known for his work as the former CEO of Zappos, a company that sells shoes on the web. His family, friends and co-workers mourn his loss.
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#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
What sticks out to me in your comment is that in spite of all your nice words about their culture, the nicest/best people you worked with still left for other companies. I suspect it was probably a 20% pay raise that convinced them to.
A better work environment doesn't have any effect on tenure. Only the extremes make a difference. That is, lower when extremely bad and a bit longer when extremely good. According to the BLS, median tenure is 2.x years for those 25-34. For those 35-44, it's 4.x years. Keeps going up with age, peaking at 10.x years starting in the 50s. Not much seems to change it in a relevant way, maybe another many companies are bla…
That's interesting. The first job I had starting in college was a 7 year stint. I started in one of the entry level jobs, but the company had lots of upward positions and they liked to hire from within. The second job I had was another 7 year stint. It wasn't until after that before my resume started to have those shorter durations at various places.
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#300I loved his How I Built this Episode - probably one of my favorite podcast. This is so sad and shocking.