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Idiot CEO goes off on rant, employee records it

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http://abcnews.go.com/Business/okla...ourcing-rumors/story?id=16520756#.T9elbdVYs-A

Well this explains a lot

Tate did not respond to repeated interview requests from ABC News. But he did tell The Journal Record that his company is opening an office in the Philippines, along with, eventually, China and Australia. He also denied any US-based layoffs. Instead, he said, the May 31 firings took place because employees had breached confidentiality agreements by spreading rumors about the Philippines outsourcing.
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Am I the only one who thinks this guy looks just like Stiffler from American Pie?

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alkemyst said:
If you were a business owner and you employees were gossiping back and forth about you, you'd tolerate it?
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If it's bad gossip, I'd rather try to fix what's wrong, than cut off my nose to spite the face.

Conceivably, I've hired each of these people because something they do helps me make money. They might just see something I don't.
 
alkemyst said:
As much as people hate the rich, CEO's are rarely in their position because of bad business decisions.
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Yeah. Some are just members of the lucky sperm club. Born into the aristocracy, if you will. You need some talents--and a fine education never hurts--but they're far from unique skill sets, IMO.

I don't hate rich people either. Some of the people I dislike or distrust are rich, and some are poor. But the rich ones sure can do a lot more damage if they so choose.
 
Vdubchaos said:
If I worked for a company and someone started giving me this religious BS I would walk out SO fast.
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That's part of the culture there. Or at least was until they found out that their idiot CEO is so caught up with vindictive vengeance that in an effort to find one person who didn't even say anything that bad (and was probably true) he fires 25.
 
alkemyst said:
Hitler has been mentioned...
He was a great man actually, man of the year; then he went full-out downs.
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😵

Actually, fuck you.

EDIT: in response to below. (I'm not bumping it for this.) He said Hitler "was a great man." That was never true. He may have been thought to be great at the time, but the evil inside is always festering below the surface. Therefore, he never "actually" was great.
 
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Actually, fuck you.
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He's referring to Adolf Hitler's 1938 "Man of the Year" award with Time Magazine. I don't think that's his actual opinion.

As for Mr. Tate, he probably just doomed his company to several unsuccessful quarters if you ask me. I agree with Alkemyst in that Mr. Tate has every right to fire the individuals who breached the company contract (disclosure is usually a big deal with any company you work for), but the manner in which he did it in uncharacteristic of quality leadership.

Now! With that said, Mr. Tate now has to prove that all 25 members actually violated the company contract of disclosure, or he might find himself with a class action lawsuit coming his way.
 
Depends on how he carries it out and the laws in that state. When it comes time for firings, he could change his tune and just say he is 'cutting back.'
 
Tate did not respond to repeated interview requests from ABC News. But he did tell The Journal Record that his company is opening an office in the Philippines, along with, eventually, China and Australia. He also denied any US-based layoffs. Instead, he said, the May 31 firings took place because employees had breached confidentiality agreements by spreading rumors about the Philippines outsourcing.
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Looks like 25 people may have a wrongful termination lawsuit on their hands.
 
joshsquall said:
I can understand him being upset about the crazy made up stuff (like "firing everyone but 14 people"). It's a normal human reaction to feel that way. However, I don't think the way he handled it was very professional or Christ-like:

1. His attitude in the meeting seems very belittling. I know the typical US worker probably has a pretty bad attitude (his reference to people whining), but I don't think it really inspires people when you call them out on it that way.
2. Firing 25 random people (which may not even include the leaker) doesn't seem like the appropriate course of action here. It's also doesn't seem very Christian. Would it be fair for God to damn you for the actions of your neighbor?
3. Telling people that you pray for them and cry for them and their families, then telling them that if they talk to anyone about anything in the office you will "get them." I remember "turn the other cheek", not "be vindictive for every wrong done to you."

Overall, I'm just not sure what he hopes to accomplish with this. Scaring people by firing 25 random folks isn't how you engender loyalty and positive attitudes in a company. It's also not how I envision a great Christian acting. I almost wonder if they were planning to layoff 25 people anyway (due to the reported outsourcing of some functions) and decided to use this as a pretense to save face? If that was the case, I'd say it backfired.
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Once you realize that all rightwing christians are awful people, stories like these make more sense.
 
Phokus said:
Once you realize that all rightwing christians are awful people, stories like these make more sense.
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Believe it or not, I've actually met some right-wing Christians who were very good, kind, and generous people.

They don't live in the US, though.
 
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