That quote is really out of context. His point is that this is the wrong reaction, but a very natural one. Here's what directly follows this quote: > It doesn’

That quote is really out of context. His point is that this is the wrong reaction, but a very natural one. Here's what directly follows this quote: > It doesn’t matter that these questions weren’t the right ones to be asking. It doesn’t matter that they weren’t even remotely accurate, and frankly, incredibly selfish. It doesn’t matter that they run counter to everything I’ve learned about managing employee exits since then. It was what I felt right then and there. Betrayal. Sadness. Despair about the future. It's pretty easy to get overly emotional on anything that you've put significant amounts of time and effort into. The point of the article is that you shouldn't actually follow these feelings and that there are much better ways of handling it.