BRN Discussion Ongoing

[rgupta]

Without all the information regarding the firing, I feel it is shame when Oliver was so enthusiastic with what he contributed to then ends up being fired. Surely a warning would've been sufficient, but we don't know what was the reason. If the company develops a culture of fear and little praise, then there is a major problem.

I assume sacking here may relates to some information leakage as well. So we can only know as much as information provided and there may be no further clues.

 

[FJ-215]

Oliver. By even mentioning that an announcement was 'coming on day x' he could be guilty of attempting to manipulate the market. I'm sure everyone can see how that works. And if he reports up a line of management, it could be his managers are seen as guilty too, can they prove Oliver wasn't just following orders? All the way to Sean. So Sean could fire him just for that, an error of judgement about the market and legal implications of his post.
But dyor...

Maybe he should have quoted his favourite musical...

 

[equanimous]

 

[itsol4605]

Dissatisfied employees and dissatisfied managers can be a good source of improvement.

Two prerequisites are necessary:
1. Exemplary behavior or a desire for change
2. Constructive criticism

If neither is present, it is destructive criticism, which ultimately only damages morale.

I don't see exemplary behavior in Olivier. His criticism of management is the usual platitudes heard in every company—no matter how well or poorly the company is doing.

I firmly believe he's hoping for a job at NVIDIA.
But even at NVIDIA, not everything that glitters is gold.