US-based CEO sacks 99 out of 110 employees for absence in morning meeting
The employees are further directed to return to the company any property that they own, sign out of accounts, and remove themselves from the Slack workspace immediately.
PTC News Desk: In a drastic turn of events, a CEO of US-based company has drawn attention but for all the wrong reasons. The CEO sacked 99 out of 110 employees after they failed to attend a morning meeting. The termination letter was shared by an intern on Reddit as the announcement was made through Slack message.
“For those of you who did not show up to the meeting this morning, consider this your official notice: you're all fired,” the CEO of a US-based musical instrument marketplace, Baldvin wrote.
The employees are further directed to return to the company any property that they own, sign out of accounts, and remove themselves from the Slack workspace 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,” Baldvin added.
The CEO said he would cancel all the agreements with the employees and asked them to return anything they had taken from the company. " The intern added that he could not even show up for the job before the entire team was fired. "I received no notice of a meeting. In the slack workspace, they didn't give me access to the division I was supposed to end up at."
Soon after the post went viral, social mdia users were quick to react. The post was able to garner around 19,000 upvotes and nearly 2,000 comments, with most sympathising with the workers while calling out the CEO.
"Seems like you dodged a bullet there. I doubt the work environment will improve," said a user, while another added: "Wow you dodged a bullet. Plan a meeting for 110 people, only 11 shows up... and he doesn't even consider that MAYBE there was a misunderstanding and people just didn't get the invite another."
No matter how bizarre it may sound but it is not first incident where a CEO of the company drastically fired its employees. A similar incident took place in September when a mental health company dismissed its employees for liking a toxic workplace post on social media.