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Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.
By:Gravemind
Date: 4/12/13 3:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone. (TDSpiral)

: I actually sort of feel bad for the guy. He said something pretty dumb, had
: some banter with a friend of his, the whole thing spiraled out of control,
: and he ended up leaving his job because of it.

: The lesson of the day: If your job depends on it, don't say stupid shit in a
: public forum.

I don't feel sorry for him. He deliberately insulted his company's customers on a public forum. I imagine a fair number of people swore off ever getting the next-gen Xbox because of this PR disaster. Let's say they lost 2000 customers and the next Xbox retails for $500; that's a million dollars in revenue lost right there, and that's not counting lost software sales and possible XBL subs. If one of my employees was causing my company to lose hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars just because he couldn't keep his big mouth shut, then damn right I'd demand a resignation if not outright fire his sorry ass. Personal responsibility is a bitch, ain't it? Your company loses money because of you, then you lose your job. People have been fired for less. I'd tell Mr. Orth what he told us: "Deal with it." I have a feeling he won't be finding a job in the games industry anytime soon.


Messages In This Thread

Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*MacGyver104/5/13 11:06 am
     Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*DEEP NNN4/5/13 11:31 am
           Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*Leviathan4/5/13 11:43 am
                 Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*TTL Demag0gue4/5/13 12:34 pm
           Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*kornman004/5/13 12:46 pm
           Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*Cody Miller4/5/13 1:23 pm
     There is no way that this rumor is true.snakegriffin4/5/13 1:02 pm
     Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*Jaydee4/5/13 1:12 pm
     What an asshole!Gravemind4/5/13 2:27 pm
           Re: What an asshole!Captain Spark4/5/13 2:50 pm
           Whoops, sorry I stole your link thunder, Gravemind *NM*CARDO 8 ATL4/5/13 6:04 pm
     Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Louis Wu4/5/13 3:06 pm
           Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Gravemind4/5/13 3:24 pm
                 Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Chris101b4/6/13 8:19 pm
                       Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.DEEP NNN4/6/13 8:41 pm
                             Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Chris101b4/6/13 8:54 pm
                             Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.uberfoop4/6/13 9:12 pm
           Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Leviathan4/5/13 3:27 pm
                 And can you pick my lottery numbers for me please? *NM*Ragashingo4/5/13 4:38 pm
           Re: Bah. Tempest in a teapot.Hyokin4/7/13 3:06 pm
     Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*TTL Demag0gue4/5/13 4:40 pm
           Re: Next Xbox Always On Rumors and Bad PR *OT*DEEP NNN4/5/13 5:00 pm
                 Hehe, there are strong opinions from all sides.uberfoop4/5/13 8:36 pm
     Now THIS is entertainment!CARDO 8 ATL4/5/13 5:26 pm
           Gold, this link is. *NM*snakegriffin4/5/13 5:49 pm
     Y U NO TREAT EVERYTHING FALSE until proven true?UnrealCh13f4/5/13 5:55 pm
           Re: Y U NO TREAT EVERYTHING FALSE until proven truCARDO 8 ATL4/5/13 6:09 pm
                 Re: Y U NO TREAT EVERYTHING FALSE until proven truKalamari4/5/13 8:58 pm
           Re: Y U NO TREAT EVERYTHING FALSE until proven truTDSpiral4/6/13 1:31 pm
     I'll still buy the Xbox.serpx4/5/13 5:59 pm
     Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.Gravemind4/11/13 4:27 am
           Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.Jironimo4/11/13 10:10 am
                 FYI: He voluntarily resigned *NM*kornman004/11/13 7:43 pm
                       Under strong encouragement, I suspect *NM*SonGoharotto4/11/13 9:48 pm
                       Did he sign a confession? *NM*Quirel4/11/13 10:16 pm
           Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.TDSpiral4/12/13 12:05 am
                 Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.scarab4/12/13 12:43 pm
                 Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.Gravemind4/12/13 3:52 pm
                       Re: Aaaaaaand he's gone.TDSpiral4/12/13 5:37 pm

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