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If you are a CEO, you have to rehearse the delivery for something like this. Even more now that these videos are certain to become public. To me, this video say

by diego 5y ago

If you are a CEO, you have to rehearse the delivery for something like this. Even more now that these videos are certain to become public. To me, this video says that he's a mediocre leader. If I were on the board I would seek to replace him.

unicornfinder 5y ago
Indeed. I don't think the company should be slammed for this but his delivery was really poor here.
metamet 5y ago
> If you are a CEO, you have to rehearse the delivery for something like this. Yup. This video has a "Oh hey, didn't see you come in. Welcome to my personal cafeteria. Since I have you here, just wanted to let you know you're fired" vibe.
fhd2 5y ago
I thought the same. So say you are in a situation where you can't offer people 1:1s to understand what happened - which sounds to me like the people laid off were more or less chosen at random - but let's say you literally have to do it like this. At least don't do it so disrespectful. He talks about his feelings but he seems mildly awkward and a bit bored at best, seems like all the preparation he put into this is to remember a few talking points. Makes me think laying off 900 people took him a grand total of 90 minutes (from decision to announcement). I don't know anything about the company, but looks like one going down to me. Very few companies can get away with treating people like that at a large scale.
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froggertoaster 5y ago
I'm really glad that there are people in this world who are able to watch a 3-4 minute video and make a judgment call about the person in the video from that. I appreciate all the value that smart people like yourself add to the world.
- 0des 5y ago
  Are you the person in the video?
  - froggertoaster 5y ago
    You probably wouldn't believe this since you're asking - but no, I'm not. I'm not at all involved in Better in any way.
    - 0des 5y ago
      The comment could be parsed two different ways, so I wanted to know how I should understand it. Thanks for the reply, this makes sense.

by diego 5y ago

unicornfinder 5y ago

Indeed. I don't think the company should be slammed for this but his delivery was really poor here.

metamet 5y ago

> If you are a CEO, you have to rehearse the delivery for something like this. Yup. This video has a "Oh hey, didn't see you come in. Welcome to my personal cafeteria. Since I have you here, just wanted to let you know you're fired" vibe.

fhd2 5y ago

I thought the same. So say you are in a situation where you can't offer people 1:1s to understand what happened - which sounds to me like the people laid off were more or less chosen at random - but let's say you literally have to do it like this. At least don't do it so disrespectful. He talks about his feelings but he seems mildly awkward and a bit bored at best, seems like all the preparation he put into this is to remember a few talking points. Makes me think laying off 900 people took him a grand total of 90 minutes (from decision to announcement). I don't know anything about the company, but looks like one going down to me. Very few companies can get away with treating people like that at a large scale.

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froggertoaster 5y ago

I'm really glad that there are people in this world who are able to watch a 3-4 minute video and make a judgment call about the person in the video from that. I appreciate all the value that smart people like yourself add to the world.

0des 5y ago
Are you the person in the video?
- froggertoaster 5y ago
  You probably wouldn't believe this since you're asking - but no, I'm not. I'm not at all involved in Better in any way.
  - 0des 5y ago
    The comment could be parsed two different ways, so I wanted to know how I should understand it. Thanks for the reply, this makes sense.