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lol the fact that he chose to bitch about it in the company Slack openly proves that the board was right to push him out, like what did he expect, that the remaining employees that haven’t been laid off yet will rally to support him, This guy has lost his marbles, the ones who took the $30,000 severance to quit must be very happy right now
I used to work at an international, where the CEO left to create a new startup.
The amount of people that worked in his office, that made glazing email all (yep all 2500 global workers) was astounding. In short, that guy was seen mostly as a joke in a large slew of the offices. Because he was so lost from reality.
But he had a cult following, because he was some kind of a name within a niche
not like he wasn’t just a fall guy for the board
don’t feel sorry for him but he’s just the face
He's absolutely the main antagonist, not a "fall guy" or "the face."
main guys can’t be put on leave
Motherfucker you know the extra T in AutoMATTic is him, right?
It's possible to be the owner and founder of a company and, over the course of time, sell enough of your share of a company to be beholden to a board of minority owners/investors, right?
all of my what
so you mean he sold control…
as in he's now beholden to a board…
who controls him
Yeah I'm sure the board told him to publicly disparage WP Engine and then get in a multiyear dick-wagging contest with anyone who disagrees with him.
oh that’s his ego thinking he could still do whatever he wanted, you know like he had actual control
this isn’t the only unpopular thing with this dude recently, i imagine it was convenient for the board to scape goat him and put him in his place at the same time
if this really was all just him they would have pulled his ass months ago
my point is company culture is still shit, theatrics of his aside company will still be trash
Imagine a kingdom. The king is the main guy and indisputably the most powerful. But the king has vassals who are each powerful in their own right. If all the vassals agree that the king is an insufferable bumblefuck doing them all more harm than good, this is a real problem for the king. The king can, in that situation, probably get away with a lot of shit for a long time while the vassals gather strength to oppose him. Each vassal acting individually would be an easy target for the king. It may take concerted action from almost all of the vassals to be able to successfully mount an opposition at all, even if only a partial one. Just because the king eventually fucks around hard enough to find out doesn’t mean he’s not the most powerful guy in the room until that time.
Note that it took a majority of the board to give this guy a paid vacation. He’s definitely the main guy.
and that’s why a ‘king’ is rarely an absolute ruler
i mean fuck it’s all in our histories and popular media
who was the power in game of thrones? how often was it the king?
main guys don’t sell a controlling share
guess who can owns 50.1% of Valve Corp?
What about my comment makes you think I feel sorry for him lol
that was me saying i dont feel sorry for him