‘Get the f*** out of my business right now.’
Baldvin, US-based CEO, has fired 99 employees after they failed to attend a morning meeting.
The decision went viral after an intern posted a screenshot of his furious Slack message on Reddit, subsequently sparking mass outrage.
The Reddit user claimed that he had joined the marketplace for musical instruments as an intern, only to get fired one hour later. Taking to social media, he shared his CEO’s shocking message.
Here is the Full Message the CEO Shared on Slack:
“Dear Team,
This is Baldvin, the CEO,
“For those of you who did not show up to the meeting this morning, consider this your official notice: you’re all fired. You failed to do what you agreed to, you failed to complete your part of the contract, and you failed to show up to the meetings you were supposed to attend and work for.
“I will cancel all agreements between us. Please return anything you have, sign out of all accounts, and remove yourself from this Slack immediately,
I gave you an opportunity to make your life better, to work hard, and to grow. Yet, you have shown me that you don’t take this seriously. Out of 110 people, only 11 were present this morning. Those 11 get to stay. The rest of you are terminated.
Get the f*** out of my business right now.
Baldvin.”
Internet Reacts: ‘This is Bizarre’
Predictably, this message did not go down well on social media, with many expressing disbelief at the CEO’s response.
“I assume the CEO failed to inform the team about that meeting. I can not believe that 99 people will fail to attend a meeting if they got informed,” a Reddit user wrote.
“What kind of meeting was this that most employees missed anyway? Did he send a last minute invite or something? Otherwise I find it hard to believe 99 people just didn’t show up,” another agreed.
Some even speculated that this incident may have been staged by the CEO.
“I sense there’s something else going on. You don’t fire 90% of your staff for missing a meeting. You create a fireable situation so you can get rid of them without warning because there is a massive financial problem,” a person theorized.
Many also expressed worry for the remaining 11 employees and the extra work that may be given to them.
