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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by edmcnulty101 on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:24AM (#29461680)
This is a good point. At least they got a face to face. I had members of a team just get a slip in the past.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by azinman2 on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:27AM (#29461726)
I think one of the bigger issues was that the CEO made it all about him on the call.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by toomuchtodo on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:28AM (#29461759)
Should’ve taken notes from Carta’s CEO when they did a RIF. Took ownership, and expressed both remorse and gratitude for the folks let go, instead of making it about themselves like a narcissist.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by edmcnulty101 on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:26PM (#29465924)
I find it strange that the CEO gave no one any warnings or any second chances. if that many people were doing what he claimed there was obviously a culture created to allow that.

I personally think he's trying to lay off expensive workers and outsource them and this is a lame excuse attempting to gas light and blame the employee.

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