This CEO fired 90% of his staff for missing a morning meeting (1 Viewer)

[Aletheia]

"Baldvin Oddson, CEO of a Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront, the Musicians Club, fired 90% of his staff—99 out of 110 employees and freelancers—via Slack message for missing just one morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., Nov. 15."

The Musicians Club is essentially a lean startup, the former intern wrote on Reddit, adding that Oddson’s company “relies on remote interns” willing to work for free.

Evidently, Oddson got what he paid for—workers who are essentially volunteering likely don't hold themselves to the same standards as those with a salary and benefits."
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Ah, I remember the work for free and you get to have a pittance of worthless shares of the company that will go bankrupt in a few years concept.
Guess we are going back to the work for nothing model- you can work for free, but you better deliver!

 

[Luce]

Stupid business plan yields stupid results.

 

[Demon]

Fired from a job you're not paid for. Sounds awful.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Eddie Lampert seems rational compared to this moron.

 

[beefheart]

"Baldvin Oddson, CEO of a Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront, the Musicians Club, fired 90% of his staff—99 out of 110 employees and freelancers—via Slack message for missing just one morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., Nov. 15."

The Musicians Club is essentially a lean startup, the former intern wrote on Reddit, adding that Oddson’s company “relies on remote interns” willing to work for free.

Evidently, Oddson got what he paid for—workers who are essentially volunteering likely don't hold themselves to the same standards as those with a salary and benefits."
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Ah, I remember the work for free and you get to have a pittance of worthless shares of the company that will go bankrupt in a few years concept.
Guess we are going back to the work for nothing model- you can work for free, but you better deliver!

Sounds like an asshole who wants people to work for free and pledge their allegiance to his assholery.

 

[dmpi]

10% does 90% of the work, so the company won't be hurting.

 

[Ikari]

Yeah, you get what you pay for and if you ain't paying people for their labor, you probably ain't getting much labor.

 

[Hari Seldon]

"Baldvin Oddson, CEO of a Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront, the Musicians Club, fired 90% of his staff—99 out of 110 employees and freelancers—via Slack message for missing just one morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., Nov. 15."

The Musicians Club is essentially a lean startup, the former intern wrote on Reddit, adding that Oddson’s company “relies on remote interns” willing to work for free.

Evidently, Oddson got what he paid for—workers who are essentially volunteering likely don't hold themselves to the same standards as those with a salary and benefits."
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Ah, I remember the work for free and you get to have a pittance of worthless shares of the company that will go bankrupt in a few years concept.
Guess we are going back to the work for nothing model- you can work for free, but you better deliver!

I read about this. They said many probably didn't get the email or got it late. Pretty ridiculous.

 

[Greenbeard]

Fired from a job you're not paid for. Sounds awful.

 

[Helix]

Yeah, I'm not going to a meeting that could have been an email for no salary.

 

[Demon]

Those didn't load for me for some reason.

 

[TypicalRussian]

India devastated

 

[TobyOne]

Nice, when you have people who can't even attend a meeting (was it optional) it shows a lack of commitment. Those people are cancers. Unpaid or not, show up. If you don't want to work there then leave. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

 

[Gatsby]

Nice, when you have people who can't even attend a meeting (was it optional) it shows a lack of commitment. Those people are cancers. Unpaid or not, show up. If you don't want to work there then leave. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

 

[Lisa]

Nice, when you have people who can't even attend a meeting (was it optional) it shows a lack of commitment. Those people are cancers. Unpaid or not, show up. If you don't want to work there then leave. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Nobody worked there. They were unpaid volunteers. If they worked then they must get paid.

 

[TobyOne]

They must have seen some value in working for free. Do or do not. There is no try.

Nobody worked there. They were unpaid volunteers. If they worked then they must get paid.

 

[Lisa]

They must have seen some value in working for free. Do or do not. There is no try.

Maybe he should have paid them if he expected them to work.

 

[Bodi]

The CEO sounds like an idiot.

 

[eman623]

Can they file for unemployment?

 

[maxparrish]

"Baldvin Oddson, CEO of a Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront, the Musicians Club, fired 90% of his staff—99 out of 110 employees and freelancers—via Slack message for missing just one morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., Nov. 15."

The Musicians Club is essentially a lean startup, the former intern wrote on Reddit, adding that Oddson’s company “relies on remote interns” willing to work for free.

Evidently, Oddson got what he paid for—workers who are essentially volunteering likely don't hold themselves to the same standards as those with a salary and benefits."
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Ah, I remember the work for free and you get to have a pittance of worthless shares of the company that will go bankrupt in a few years concept.
Guess we are going back to the work for nothing model- you can work for free, but you better deliver!

Sorta reminds me of two Seinfeld episodes. In one Kramer convinces a prestigious college to send him a free intern for helping him test his rubber oil bladder for tankers...the second Kramer sneaks into a corporate meeting and starts working as if he is an employee - before he is eventually fired for doing incompetent work.

Kramer says something to the effect to the boss after he's told he's fired: "You do know that I really don't work here?"

The boss says in reply "I know, that is what made this so difficult".

Seinfeld l MiniEpisode l TCB

Kramer accidentally gets a job at a company called Brandt/Leland when he aids an employee in the hall and starts going to meetings. He soon finds out he fits...

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[btthegreat]

Yeah, I'm not going to a meeting that could have been an email for no salary.

Lazy ass cheapskate ingrate

 

[EnchantedMuggle]

Wait, 99 out of 110 just didn't bother to show up???

My husband interned in the music biz as a young kid. He showed up. You're there for your own future.

 

[Helix]

Lazy ass cheapskate ingrate

Some people don't realize that we can click through a power point without wasting an hour doing so.

 

[btthegreat]

Wait, 99 out of 110 just didn't bother to show up???

My husband interned in the music biz as a young kid. He showed up. You're there for your own future.

The suggestion is that due to a cliche in email, maybe nobody knew they were supposed to be there and that makes sense to me.

 

[EnchantedMuggle]

The suggestion is that due to a cliche in email, maybe nobody knew they were supposed to be there and that makes sense to me.

Aww, poor dudes.

What an asshole the CEO is. Temper, temper.