That said, yes, Marc has a chip on his shoulder and tends to act like an upset 8 year old if he doesn’t get his way at times. Too few Harvard alums have the right people skills to run a good business. Marc, it’s not just about the numbers. Me thinks you opend up a huge can of worms and created a virus that will impact your remaining employees attitudes toward the company going forward. People on the inside can really “muck” things up for you as payback for the treatment of their friends. You have to treat people better and maybe, just maybe spend a little less advertising dollars on the telly.

Cheers.

Negative slander, no matter how well written, only reflects poorly on and hurts the source. If you think you’re hurting someone at Marc’s level with these comments, you’re naive indeed. Looks like there are a few embittered ex-employees on this thread, and I wish them the closure they seek…a blog comment thread is not the place to come to grips with what’s already happened.

I can attest that not everyone is angry for being laid off by The Ladders last week. These are people who really believe in their own professional value and are ready to move on constructively.

By the way, the security guards were at the layoff meeting to contain the small percentage of people who deal with stress in wacky ways, a whiff of which you can smell on this very thread. It did look ridiculous, but in the end is it that significant?