CEO crying selfie layoffs

2022 - 8 - 11

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CEO posts crying selfie to LinkedIn after laying off employees (Globalnews.ca)

Braden Wallake, the chief executive officer of a marketing agency called HyperSocial, uploaded a close-up photo of the himself teary-eyed, covering his ...

“I made a decision in February and stuck with that decision for far too long,” he wrote. “But I’m not,” he wrote. “I’m not sorry for the post. “We just had to layoff a few of our employees.” More than 80 per cent of Canadian respondents said they believe prices will keep going up, and 59 per cent say they think Canada is in an economic recession. Braden Wallake, the chief executive officer of a marketing agency called HyperSocial, uploaded a post to LinkedIn on Wednesday, outlining his guilt about having to lay off some members of staff.

CEO posts crying selfie on LinkedIn after laying off employees—and ... (CNBC)

A CEO has sparked a major debate online after posting a selfie of himself crying on LinkedIn following layoffs he made at his company.

"It's a trend, CEOs and leaders have been encouraged to be authentic and bring their real selves to work," Spicer said. "It was not my place to out the employees' names publicly," he continued. "To those who would look to hire me, I'm only interested in working for people like Braden Wallake who has a positive outlook on life. Wallake says he made a decision in February that eventually led to the layoffs. I've seen a lot of layoffs over the last few weeks on LinkedIn. Most of those are due to the economy, or whatever other reason. It's about taking care of their welfare, not griefposting for your own likes.

CEO posts crying selfie after he laid off employees - and it ... (The indy100)

A founder and CEO of a marketing company received a lot of flak online after he decided to share a tearful selfie when he announced he had to lay off some ...

It was not my place to out the employees’ names publicly,” he wrote. "I've always hired people based on who they are as people. Now, I know my team will say that "we made that decision together", but I lead us into it. I'm sure there are hundreds and thousands of others like me. They laid off 1 or 2 or 3. "I made a decision in February and stuck with that decision for far too long.

Braden Wallake, HyperSocial CEO who posted crying selfie ... (CBS News)

His response comes after he attempted to be "vulnerable" on LinkedIn and how recent layoffs took an emotional toll on him.

"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. "Taking a picture of yourself mid-cry to post on social media is absurd narcissistic nonsense. Now, he says, he wants to help people find work for others that are hiring. So, I just want people to see, that not every CEO out there is cold-hearted and doesn't care when he/she have to lay people off." But from the bottom of my heart, I hope they know how much I do," he added. Braden Wallake, the CEO of HyperSocial, said on Wednesday that he wasn't trying to make it about himself.

CEO dragged for posting crying selfie on LinkedIn after laying off ... (Daily Hive)

A CEO posted a selfie of himself crying on LinkedIn after laying off employees, but he's getting no sympathy from the internet.

And I can’t think of a lower moment than this.” “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. Others say that the post is “self-serving” and is “literally everything wrong with business culture and LinkedIn bros combined.” People with great hearts, and great souls. I’m crying. “So, I just want people to see, that not every CEO out there is cold-hearted and doesn’t care when he/she have to lay people off.”

LinkedIn users mock 'crying selfie' CEO who fired workers (New York Post)

Several LinkedIn users did their own send ups on Wednesday which mimicked Tuesday's buzz-generating message from Braden Wallake.

“I’ve never been to Thailand, and really want to go, so what was I to do?” Rolls wrote. “I’ve gone back and forth whether to post this or not.” “I feel like this is 2x bad. For everyone else that is legitimately upset for actual reasons, this diminishes them. “And also the more this happens the more that guy gets attention where it should not go. Of course not.”

This CEO posted a crying selfie on LinkedIn. It didn't go over well. (The Washington Post)

Braden Wallake wanted to be honest about the tough parts of being a CEO. Many online called the post 'tone deaf.' Image without a caption.

“I realize that the way I communicated this news made a difficult situation worse.” Once he realized what was happening, he reached out to the two employees affected to show them the post and let them know that it wasn’t meant to make his “tough journey” seem worse than theirs. “This guy cares about his employees — he decided to process some of this online. “This will be the most vulnerable thing I’ll ever share,” he began, in a long post paired with a photo of himself with tears visible. Could he have tagged the employees and said how great they were — sure, but did he expect this post to blow up like this? “This does comes across as tone-deaf, self indulgent and a tad inauthentic,” one commenter said.