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Usually, they say bs like "He wants to leave to pursue other opportunities", you never hear something as candid as "He is hindering us so we want to get rid of
by strikelaserclaw 3y ago
Usually, they say bs like "He wants to leave to pursue other opportunities", you never hear something as candid as "He is hindering us so we want to get rid of him"
- geoffeg 3y agoMy favorite is "Leaving to spend more time with their family."
- jejeyyy77 3y agolol better than "leaving to spend time twiddling the ol' thumbs"
- goatforce5 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave
- spbaar 3y agoThis is why the groupon CEO's firing letter remains undefeated After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you're wondering why ... you haven't been paying attention. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/mar/01/groupon-andrew-mason-fired-letter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/mar/01/grou...
- system16 3y agoYou weren't kidding! > I'm OK with having failed at this part of the journey. If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoPour one out for Andrew. They did many things that didn't scale that customers loved them for, and then couldn't scale. They burned lots of cash on outside sales, i.e., flying a rep from another city to visit a potential client small restaurant. And being a publicly-traded company is often more trouble than it's worth. PS: I used to live in a van on the street near the PA HQ. Someone there had a tiny trailer in the parking lot but I couldn't tell if were living it or just storing it.
- slt2021 3y agothanks for sharing, fantastic letter
- otalp 3y agoYou sharing this made it the 6th most read article on the guardian today as of right now
- spbaar 3y agoThanks for pointing that out, now it's 5th!
- nvm0n2 3y agoWTH? How much traffic is this thread getting or alternatively, how little traffic does the guardian get?
- interactivecode 3y agonot a lot usually. "popular" places like the guardian are way less visited than you might think. In a similar vein a best seller book is only 5000 - 10000 books.
- dclowd9901 3y agoWould anyone believe a CEO of the leading company of the leading new technology would walk away from their company to hang out with their family? Hell, _that_ would make me more worried than anything else.