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The part I thought was the best was this: "This was not an easy decision to make. It’s weighed heavily on me for the past month, keeping me up at night and nearly causing me to cancel the exec team’s offsite, even though Bad Bunny’s appearance fee was only 50 percent refundable. Let’s not mince words, though; the accountability for this decision rests with me. The consequences, on the other hand, rest with you, but so does a pretty generous COBRA package."

Accountability comes with consequences. What are the consequences?

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Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

Glad I'm not the only one who read that blog in Zap Brannigan's voice.

The quote was Lord Farquhard (not pronounced Fuckwad) in Shrek I, IIRC.

Who was patterned after Disney’s Michael Eisner IIRC.

I did a quick check of his education.

I think the US is at 12 years + 4 for university, that's 16 in total. Actually, I think kindergarten is another 2 years. So that's 18 years. All of them in private institutions.

At current tuition rates, all of the places he went to cost about $60k per year.

So that's about $1m just in his education...

"Make no mistake, though they are the ones leaving, it is I who must remain, and bear the heavy burden of their failure."

https://youtu.be/u48vYSLvKNQ?t=44

Same here. I can't believe the cringy, "I take full responsibility (but no consequences)" line has become a standard part of the CEO layoff announcement. Saying you take responsibility, without actually sacrificing anything or really facing any consequences at all is so obviously slimy and patronizing, I don't know why anyone thinks it's a good thing to say.

Actually it's even worse than no consequences; often times these layoffs give the CEO more money. Their compensation is typically heavily in stock and these layoffs often raise the stock price, directly increasing the CEO's net worth. Taking "full responsibility" indeed.

> so does a pretty generous COBRA package

I had to look that up, it appears to be a USA thing that "gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time" (1)

Nothing to do with "Cabinet Office Briefing Room A".

Ugh. Health care that is contingent upon employment, is a social ill.

1) https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/cobra

I think he meant accountability as in accounts, as in bank.

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