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This is good. But it should be unannounced. He should just show up and work.
by diebeforei485 4y ago
This is good. But it should be unannounced. He should just show up and work.
- stagger87 4y agoThe marketing department will not allow that to happen.
- Arrath 4y agoThis is good, right? Then a team of <trolls/activists> can all arrive at the same time and order a big pile of 'secret menu' 19-ingredient monstrosities from the CEO.
- dpflan 4y agoSocial Media viral coefficient may have been higher with a quieter announcement and the CEO just showing up leverage social media managers.
- cushychicken 4y agoAny CEO doing this for the right reasons - I.e., to help ensure the product is good - would whip the marketing department right into shape and tell them to keep a lid on it.
- babypuncher 4y agoIn this case, the marketing department was not involved, at least publicly. CNBC is reporting this from an internal email they got their hands on.
- jonas21 4y agoPart of the reason to do this is for employees to know that the CEO understands their job and their concerns. The vast majority of employees will not be working at a store the CEO visits, so it makes sense to announce it internally. It sounds like that's what they did, and CNBC got a hold of that email.
- oh_sigh 4y agoAnd it really should be a week or two. You can grind through hell on optimism for a day. Doing it day in and day out is the hard part and may highlight different negative aspects of the job compared to just showing up for 8 hours