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What was the context there? Was abel part of the group being fired in the call? Or was he fired on the spot with that remark?
by JonnieCache 13y ago
What was the context there? Was abel part of the group being fired in the call? Or was he fired on the spot with that remark?
- wlll 13y agoIt seems that Abel was part of Patch and Tim Armstrong is CEO of AOL. This second call was from some time last year and not related to the OPs link other than it's the same set of companies, and another dubious action made on a conference call.
- JonnieCache 13y agoI see that, let me rephrase: was abel being fired anyway, or was he literally fired for the impudence of taking a photo? I guess it must be the latter, or the clip wouldn't be so interesting.
- dsl 13y agoHe was fucking around and not taking the meeting seriously. If I was a CEO trying to get the house in order and at that very second Instagram is more important to you... you're gonna have a bad time.
- reqres 13y agoI don't think anyone is debating whether taking a photo during a serious meeting is a good idea It's wrong to unnecessarily fire someone in front of their colleagues. It destroys morale and it's essentially a form of public humiliation. A better response would have been to ask to put the camera away and remind people it's a serious meeting.
- alttab 13y agoBut testosterone.
- f0under 13y agoHe was on a call about not leaking information related to Patch and was using/playing with a camera while Tim Armstrong was speaking on the topic.