A business owner and CEO who posted a photo on LinkedIn of himself crying after laying off an employee has come under heavy criticism.
Braden Wallake uploaded a tearful selfie, along with a post explaining that he had to lay off staff at Hyper Social, a B2B marketing agency. did.
He described it as the "most vulnerable thing he's ever shared" after laying off twostaff members.
Both ex-employees are "fantastic" about it, he said. They also "assured" him and his business partners that they were "all right." You criticized Wallake for posting . network instead of doing anything to change it.
Wallake, from Columbus, Ohio, USA, posted a follow-up explaining that he had no intention of "sacrificing" himself.
"Hi everyone, yes I am a crying CEO. No, my intention was not to speak for myself or sacrifice myself," he said on Aug. 10.
It was not my position to make the names of my employees public," he wrote.
"What I want to do now is: To remedy this situation and start a thread for people looking for work.”
Wallake said he tried the following to avoid layoffs. reduced his salary from $250 (£205) a week he was paying to zero.
But not everyone is happy with an apology.
"Sorry, did you come all the way there? If you're really sorry, delete the post and start fresh by talking about something else instead of even making this one."
Another user added: You're now riding your 15 minutes of fame to loosely promote yourself and your brand.Remove it all and don't do this.'
some others defended Warake and used his post as intended, posting about jobs he's looking for and related qualifications.
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