canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?message-squaremessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareQuazatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoFormer CEO gathers 20-30 of us in the board room, talks about the difficult economy, proceeds to fire everyone. The silence was deafening. The meeting ends, he stands at the door expecting us to shake his hand as we leave. Not a single person shook his hand.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoAt least he didn’t publicly share what his bonus was going to be for improving the bottom line.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoNever forget that the year Lehman Brothers “collapsed” it paid the CEO 700 million dollars for one years worth of work.
Former CEO gathers 20-30 of us in the board room, talks about the difficult economy, proceeds to fire everyone.
The silence was deafening.
The meeting ends, he stands at the door expecting us to shake his hand as we leave.
Not a single person shook his hand.
At least he didn’t publicly share what his bonus was going to be for improving the bottom line.
Never forget that the year Lehman Brothers “collapsed” it paid the CEO 700 million dollars for one years worth of work.