Thursday, February 28, 2013

Suddenly, I Like Him

This is an unusual and off-topic post for this blog but I just have to congratulate Andrew Mason (now the former CEO of Groupon) for his resignation letter, which you can read in full here.

I've never been a fan of Groupon or their business model but this is the most refreshing letter to employees I've ever read and here's a nice snippet.

"After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today."

In a world where such events are wrapped in more and more twisted euphemisms and management teams move heaven and earth to say anything but the truth, I find this just wonderful. There are  many more gems in his note and I particularly like the comment about finding a good fat camp. Check it out.
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