This CEO fired 90% of his staff for missing a morning meeting. He stands by the choice
Baldvin Oddson, CEO of a Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront, the Musicians Club, fired 90% of his staff—99 out of 110 employees and freelancers—via Slack message for missing just one morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., Nov. 15.
One former employee detailed the shocking event in a now-deleted post on Reddit’s “mildlyinfuriating“ forum. “I joined an internship, and an hour later, the entire team got fired,” the original user wrote.
“For those of you who did not show up to the meeting this morning, consider this your official notice: you’re all fired,” Oddson wrote in the all-team Slack. “You failed to do what you agreed to, you failed to complete your part of the contract, and you failed to show up for the meetings you were supposed to attend and work for.”
Oddson then instructed the group, who all work remotely, to sign out from all accounts, return any company property, and consider any contracts terminated.
