In the news yesterday was #Fab CEO #Jason Goldberg. Last week, Fab had announced that with the increased focus on US business they would have to cut off 100 people from their Berlin office. The memo that was distributed internally was out of the norm, "ludicrous" method of communicating the news to the staff. There was no intention to soften the news or reassure the ones staying. Instead, it went like this:
"Directly after this meeting you will learn what category your job falls into and whether you will have the opportunity to start your new job search immediately or if you will consider working with us through a multi-month transitional period during the fall and winter."
How many of us would like to read this as our good-bye message? "Opportunity to start your new job search"! At least he uses a positive word-opportunity-to describe the stressful process of finding a new job. It always breaks my heart to hear news of large employee cuts.
To read more about this article, visit http://www.businessinsider.com/fab-ceo-firing-memo-2013-8
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