Abusiness owner and CEO who posted a crying selfie on LinkedIn while announcing a company layoff has addressed the criticism he faced.
On Tuesday, Braden Wallake, the CEO of B2B marketing his agency HyperSocial, shared an emotional post on LinkedIn, calling it "the most vulnerable thing I've ever shared." I expressed it.
“This is the most vulnerable thing I have ever shared. We've seen a lot of job cuts on LinkedIn in recent weeks, most of them for economic reasons or other reasons.Ours? My fault," the chief executive wrote. I'm here. "I made a decision in February and stuck with that decision for too long. Now I know my team will say, 'We made that decision together.'
"And because of those failures, what I had to do today was the hardest thing ever."
In the post, Wallake revealed that he had to fire an employee even though he "[his] dearly" and "loves" him, before saying, "No more. I couldn't think of anything," he admitted. A moment than this.”
The post has since gone viral and caused a backlash on LinkedIn. Many users questioned why Walllake chose to post about the situation on his platform instead of taking the initiative to change it.
On Wednesday, Warlake addressed the criticism in a follow-up LinkedIn post, in which he called himself a "crying CEO" after calling himself a "crying CEO." We shared our intention to turn it into something positive.
"Hi everyone, yes I am a crying CEO. No, it was not my intention to talk about me or sacrifice myself. I'm sorry, it was not my place to make the employee's name public," he wrote. “What I would like to do now is improve this situation and start a thread for people looking for work.”
In the post, the CEO said LinkedIn It encouraged users to post their resumes, desired titles and qualifications, and informed employers that the comments section provided "opportunities to hire great people." If you were really sorry, you would have deleted the post and started talking about something else instead of even creating this one," wrote one user. "Instead, the crying post is still up and it's clear you love all the attention this is getting you. I don't know how far you can dig with this shovel, but you I hope you'll be on the pavement soon so you can fix what you started."
Another said. You made a bad decision and stole the moment to make yourself a victim of someone you liked. You are now riding your 15 minutes of fame to loosely promote yourself and your brand.
"I saw the last photo you posted crying. If you really don't care about engagement and attention, delete it now. People you've fired and job seekers "Because there's nothing to help the whole thing," someone else wrote. Congrats on making this even weirder, maybe you should consider logging off for a few years," added another. LinkedIn post is still up.
The Independent asked Wallake for comment.
