Today's exercise will be in self-satisfied smugness...
So after the announcement yesterday that our company would be making cuts, which would result in layoffs, our company scheduled a "town hall" style meeting hosted by our very own CEO.
To sum the seemingly endless 45 minute chat up?
1. "Don't blame yourselves...it's not your fault." (which...OMG, are you serious? it hadn't even occured to me to self-flagellate over this whole issue since it's very obviously NOT the fault of the employees)
2. We don't know anything more then we already told you. (so the point of this meeting was what? For you to read the email outloud for those of us who can't read?)
3. Keep it real. (I'm not joking...it was in the company email AND he said about 5 times. I'd prefer if he mixed it up a little and maybe used "this shit JUST got real" as an alternative)
4. Stuff. (he kept calling the layoffs, economic consequences, and general revenue issues "stuff"...as in "Stuff will happen...don't worry about stuff...we don't know when this stuff will end." Can't ask for anything more specific then that! *cue eyeroll*
Gotta love the CEO corporate chat! It was like watching John McCain in the Presidential Town Hall debate...wandering around and gesticulating all over the goddamn place while essentially leaving you with the dual-feeling of worry for his overall health and frustration at not hearing anything of substance that pertains to you. Good times.
To sum the seemingly endless 45 minute chat up?
1. "Don't blame yourselves...it's not your fault." (which...OMG, are you serious? it hadn't even occured to me to self-flagellate over this whole issue since it's very obviously NOT the fault of the employees)
2. We don't know anything more then we already told you. (so the point of this meeting was what? For you to read the email outloud for those of us who can't read?)
3. Keep it real. (I'm not joking...it was in the company email AND he said about 5 times. I'd prefer if he mixed it up a little and maybe used "this shit JUST got real" as an alternative)
4. Stuff. (he kept calling the layoffs, economic consequences, and general revenue issues "stuff"...as in "Stuff will happen...don't worry about stuff...we don't know when this stuff will end." Can't ask for anything more specific then that! *cue eyeroll*
Gotta love the CEO corporate chat! It was like watching John McCain in the Presidential Town Hall debate...wandering around and gesticulating all over the goddamn place while essentially leaving you with the dual-feeling of worry for his overall health and frustration at not hearing anything of substance that pertains to you. Good times.