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Sounds like the CEO mixed up his shareholder speech and his all-company meeting speech.

• chrisweekly 12y ago
  I'm very interested in how precisely these two speeches ought to differ, in your opinion. If you are running a company in an internally transparent way, what specific differences do you suggest are appropriate?
  • georgemcbay 12y ago
    I would suspect (though I am not a fancy CEO man) that it is generally best not to talk to employees about what a great deal you got on them, like they are cogs in your supply chain that you got on clearance. It would only be marginally better if you complained about how expensive they were (especially if many of them benefited from the sale minimally as common stock employees). I think it would be better to, you know, welcome them to the team and treat them like people.
  • oxryly1 12y ago
    Surely don't even mention any acquisition price in the all-company speech... just welcome the new people.
  • drzaiusapelord 12y ago
    Because your relationship with staff should be cordial and professional and mocking them because you managed to get them (this includes their salary/benefits) cheaply is petty. Companies have an incentive to keep salaries low but also keep employee morale high. These two conflict.