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View submission: Kn0thlng Admits He was Behind Vlctoria's Termination: Was E|len a Patsy?
Do not believe anything anyone from reddit corporate says about recent events. Their primary interest is in surviving this PR crisis, not being transparent or honest or accountable or anything of the sort. If Alexis thinks he has something to gain by painting Ellen in a better light, he will do exactly that. There are many possible reasons he may want to do this. It's meaningless to speculate. Simply ignore anything they say and focus on what they do from now on.
Comment by lolthr0w at 13/07/2015 at 02:23 UTC*
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What would the primary interests of yishan, ex-CEO, be?
Alexis wasn't some employee reporting to Pao, he was the Executive Chairman of the Board, i.e. Pao's boss. **He had different ideas for AMAs, he didn't like Victoria's role, and decided to fire her.** Pao wasn't able to do anything about it. In this case it shouldn't have traveled upstream to her, it came from above her.
Then **when the hate-train started up against Pao, Alexis should have been out front and center saying very clearly "Ellen Pao did not make this decision, I did." Instead, he just sat back and let her take the heat. That's a stunning lack of leadership and an incredibly shitty thing to do.**
I can lighten up a bit based on /u/kickme444 's comment/clarification above given that in-one-capacity you weren't her boss, but I am still extremely disappointed in you.
**It wasn't "we didn't handle it well" - Ellen actually handled things very well, and with quite a bit of grace given the prejudices arrayed against her and the situation she was put in - you didn't handle it well.** There was tremendous amounts of unnecessary damage done as a result, and we are only able to say that things might turn out ok because Huffman agreed to return and take up the mantle.
Comment by m1serablist at 13/07/2015 at 07:03 UTC
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OK but saying you are impressed by her "integrity" is fucking hilarious.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 12:58 UTC
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This, right here. It would be lunacy to take anything a company in damage-control mode says at face value.
I mean hell, the shills alone on this site make commenting an effort in futility if one wants to post anything other than the allowed narrative, never mind the corrupt-ass mods that have been swaying public opinion for years. What, are all of THEM magically going to turn over a new leaf too?