This is a shitty situation to be in for people who maybe quit their jobs to join, but it's refreshing to see honest and clear communication like this and not a corporate blog post.
It is quite funny to see how communication is measured on the same scale used for the action, in this case letting go, even before they started, a sizable number of people. But it is the same for politicians, right? "See, they are such great orators, a moving speech like I have rarely heard!", we often read or hear.
The problem is that the tweet took 10 minutes, while many, those whose offer was rescinded, must now to work for days, weeks or months to unravel the giant cluster-f that somebody--not the current orator, the one before, even if the current one is the founder and sits on the board--has deployed.
It was (most likely) not the previous CEO who personally decided to hire 75 people, and silently made them offers.
And saying that "we had hiring freeze for months" but in next tweet "I've been CEO only for 18 hours". Isn't that CEO job to decide if hiring/firing needs to be done? Who was in charge of the company then? You, but not in the title?
Especially considering that before being the CEO he was the ... Executive Chairman of the Board, i.e. the person that the CEO reported to!
"I have no idea how this happened."
That's not refreshing.
"The clinic has been sold to new owners. They are reviewing finances and rescinded any job offers, including yours. They will allow you 30 days to repay your relocation assistance."
Oh hell no. He lawyered up. He'd sold his home. Wrapped up his, and his family's life. Had an offer and a contract.
He didn't end up repaying his relocation assistance. And his "new" "employer" ended up paying three months salary and the closing costs on his house for the inconvenience.
A pittance because now wtf is he supposed to do?