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Hate for Airbnb aside. I have to commend the CEO for directly addressing everyone in a meeting. Giving bad news like layoffs is extremely hard unless you are a
by bearjaws 6y ago
Hate for Airbnb aside. I have to commend the CEO for directly addressing everyone in a meeting. Giving bad news like layoffs is extremely hard unless you are a sociopath.
My current CEO left it for all the directors to tell the rest of the team, a trend I've seen several times in my career. I wish there was a name for a CEO who only gives the good news and leaves the bad news for middle management.
- lordnacho 6y agoI was one of those director people who had to give the bad news once. The big boss chickened out of firing everyone, except his brother. So I got left with the task of letting go of the guy with the pregnant wife, as well as the whole rest of the team. In addition, he didn't call to apologize to any of the investors (he'd blown up a hedge fund), he had our investor relations guy go that. Some of those investors literally said "ok I'm gonna lose my job when I tell my boss about this". So yeah, we need a name for that kind of abdication.
- xnyan 6y agoSee hospadar's comment, the word you are looking for is "coward".
- hospadar 6y ago> I wish there was a name for a CEO who only gives the good news and leaves the bad news for middle management. Heh - I think that's called "Coward"
- Axsuul 6y ago"Halcyon CEO"