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HyperSocial CEO gets roasted on LinkedIn after posting crying selfie announcing layoffs
Skyrocket Info ^ | August 12, 2022 | James Alain L.

Posted on 08/12/2022 10:02:20 AM PDT by allen592

A digital marketing firm’s CEO was harshly criticized on LinkedIn after he made an unforgivable cringeworthy post, to which he attached a selfie that showed him in tears as he announced layoffs.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Reference
KEYWORDS: business; news

1 posted on 08/12/2022 10:02:20 AM PDT by allen592
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To: allen592

Leadership!


2 posted on 08/12/2022 10:04:22 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: allen592

The urge to virtual signal is incompatible with authenticity.


3 posted on 08/12/2022 10:09:32 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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Somebody tell him there is no crying in corporate management.
To get online Boo-Hoo-ing like a 12 y/o girl who just got unfriended by Taylor Swift was laughably phony looking.
That’s supposed to make somebody feel better about losing their income? Gimme a break!
Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.


4 posted on 08/12/2022 10:10:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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Who does he think he is? Adam Kinzinger?

"Someone sitting at Nancy Pelosis desk makes me Adam Kinzinger cry more than 13 US vets being killed in Afghanistan and Joe Biden rewarding the killers with $87 billion dollars in US military weapons and tech"


5 posted on 08/12/2022 10:11:29 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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Crying is OK - it’s rough to lose a business and to drop employees. The problem is sharing it with the world... that’s where it becomes a pity party.


6 posted on 08/12/2022 10:13:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (DC Elites think 71 million Trump Supporters are stupid, wear camo, and listen to banjo music.)
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How many employees' jobs did he save through reductions in his pay, bonuses, perqs and stock options so the company could make payroll? Even one?

When I was a part owner of a small company, there were paydays when I had to bring my own checkbook in to make sure there was enough that the employees' checks didn't bounce. Did the weeping CEO do that?

7 posted on 08/12/2022 10:15:12 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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LinkedIn has become the FascistBook of the business world. It is thoroughly disgusting most of the time, absolutely infested with leftists. “Fag Pride” month was flaunted continually there.


8 posted on 08/12/2022 10:16:22 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: allen592
That's soooo....


9 posted on 08/12/2022 10:18:57 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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Hopefully we will be seeing a lot more crying this November and November 2024 when Trump wins. After all the crap they put us through the mocking opportunity is going to be utterly magnificent.


10 posted on 08/12/2022 10:19:09 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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And yet again, the internet proves it’s full of low IQ, low achieving individuals with low self-esteem who seek to puff themselves up by dragging down others. Most of those ‘roasting’ him show exactly why most of them will ever run a business.

Is the guy a puss for uploading a picture of himself crying? Yep. But the sentiment of his post is spot on. It sucks firing people. Part of running a business with employees is knowing that families depend on your venture to pay their bills. When a business grows to that point, it’s not just about you anymore. Your decisions affect people you don’t even know. When things go south, you’re not just screwing up things for yourself, you could possibly be dragging other people down with you. That’s a crappy feeling and I can appreciate where he’s coming from.


11 posted on 08/12/2022 10:20:02 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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We have way too many digital marketing firms in the world. A couple thousand FEWER and our spam boxes would be happier!


12 posted on 08/12/2022 10:24:07 AM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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"Digital Marketing" is an euphemism for SPAMMING.

Lots and lots of SPAMMING

13 posted on 08/12/2022 10:33:13 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,745,047 users on Truth Social)
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LinkedIn is a cesspool and almost as bad as facebook and twitter.


14 posted on 08/12/2022 10:48:34 AM PDT by Skywise
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Sometimes I wonder if people have ever gone through a layoff. After over 30 years of service at Kodak, I was laid off along with 70% of Research Staff. I had seen it coming and was prepared (as was our family). The odd thing was that my lab head was more upset about it than I was. I was tired of cleaning up microscope labs after water breaks. These tasks took weeks of downtime. My wife and I were always frugal and we had saved enough to augment my pension. Our cohort still gets together for lunch a couple of times per year. That said, it still messes up your head... I embraced the suck and work on projects that interest me. By the way, if your job is in doubt, I recommend Dave Ramsey’s show.


15 posted on 08/12/2022 12:16:56 PM PDT by RetiredScientist
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I remember Lee Iacocca taking $1.00 a year in salary for a few years. I mean, he didn’t starve or anything, but he did walk the walk without crocodile tears. The man was able to garner a bit of respect.


16 posted on 08/12/2022 12:40:13 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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17 posted on 08/12/2022 4:52:58 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Liz Cheney, Trump’s personal Javert..."--Michael Anton)
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When a woke CEO lays off employees because he just doesn’t want to pay them, choosing profits over people, what happens to his company’s ESG score?


18 posted on 08/12/2022 5:39:00 PM PDT by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Obama)
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