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If this were me, I'd start with a cover-your-ass paper trail making sure you can (even if cut off from all company email/comms) prove that you reported the cont

If this were me, I'd start with a cover-your-ass paper trail making sure you can (even if cut off from all company email/comms) prove that you reported the contract violation up your chain of command. Then I'd have a serious think about whether lack of compliance here could blow back on your career, and another serious think about whether this poses an existential risk to the company. The outcomes of that will probably reveal if it's time to suck it up and say "He's the CEO, he gets to make stupid looking choices - maybe I just don't have all the information needed to understand why its the right choice?" or whether it's time to start polishing up the resume before Bad Shit(tm) starts happening. It sounds from your post that you've exhausted the options as VPOps to influence the decision, possibly overstepping things if "effectively cut off" is read in the least favourable light. Now you get to choose whether to stay VPOps here waiting for the anvil to fall on the company, or move on.

SMAAART 6y ago
Awesome comment: Covering my ass is the least of my worries, should thing go sour the CEO wouldn't turn against me, and yes there's a very solid paper trail of this decision, and a history of similar events. > The outcomes of that will probably reveal if it's time to suck it up and say "He's the CEO, he gets to make stupid looking choices ... Yip, I agree. I was hoping that the wisdom of this great crowd would provide me with some better insights. > maybe I just don't have all the information needed to understand why its the right choice?" The root is incompetence + playing with family money > or whether it's time to start polishing up the resume before Bad Shit(tm) starts happening. I'm actually consulting part-time here, COVID took a toll to the business and I left for another (better) full-time job elsewhere. The CEO asked me to remain on a part-time consulting basis; I do enjoy the $ Thank you for taking the time to comment.
- taurath 6y ago
  Can you expand on the term incompetence? That can mean many things to many people. Big difference between 1+1=5 and “they don’t have the experience I’ve had in what I think is a similar situation”.

SMAAART 6y ago

Awesome comment: Covering my ass is the least of my worries, should thing go sour the CEO wouldn't turn against me, and yes there's a very solid paper trail of this decision, and a history of similar events. > The outcomes of that will probably reveal if it's time to suck it up and say "He's the CEO, he gets to make stupid looking choices ... Yip, I agree. I was hoping that the wisdom of this great crowd would provide me with some better insights. > maybe I just don't have all the information needed to understand why its the right choice?" The root is incompetence + playing with family money > or whether it's time to start polishing up the resume before Bad Shit(tm) starts happening. I'm actually consulting part-time here, COVID took a toll to the business and I left for another (better) full-time job elsewhere. The CEO asked me to remain on a part-time consulting basis; I do enjoy the $ Thank you for taking the time to comment.

taurath 6y ago
Can you expand on the term incompetence? That can mean many things to many people. Big difference between 1+1=5 and “they don’t have the experience I’ve had in what I think is a similar situation”.