Seen on Reddit…
Years ago, I went through a “merger of equals” of two Fortune 250’s which turned out to be a corporate raid on my company. In one meeting, people were discussing the problem that people getting fed up and quitting. I wasn’t there, but one of the best managers I ever knew allegedly said: “I’m not worried about the people who quit and leave. I’m worried about the people who quit and stay.”
I can’t believe how often I get reminded of this simple concept in modern corporate life, these 25 years later.
How stupid do you have to be to write an email like this? How stupid do you have to be to not respond by leaving or just slacking off? Except, of course, the person who sent this is not stupid. They’re being incentivized to send it.
The people who found the capital to try whatever this is are running the ship aground. The problem is that everyone that they hired to man the ship and going to be thrown to the ground on impact.