There’s a new way to cope with the guilt of firing your employees — a LinkedIn post letting your network know you feel miserable about it.
“Days like today, I wish I was a business owner that was only money driven and didn’t care about who he hurt along the way” wrote Wallake, 32. “But I’m not.”tap here to see other videos from our teamComments criticized Wallake’s post, calling it a PR stunt and saying he was fishing for sympathy. Some expressed support for the move and suggested he shouldn’t be a victim of “cancel culture.
“There’s been a lot of backlash, but there’s also been a lot of support,” Wallake wrote in a message to Bloomberg. “What no one sees is all the direct messages this has started, of CEOs reaching out saying they are worried they have to do something similar.” Wallake’s company, HyperSocial, focuses heavily on LinkedIn marketing and outreach strategies for its clients. The company is small; it has 15 employees, two fewer than before the layoffs. Wallake is an influencer of sorts, with over 30,000 followers on the Microsoft Corp.-owned social network for professionals.
In an attempt to quell the debate, Wallake wrote a follow-up post Wednesday seeking to help people in need of a job. “What I want to do now is try to make better of this situation and start a thread for people looking for work,” he wrote. “I’m not sorry for the post. But I’d at least like to use that post for the benefit of others that may need it.”
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