{"id":218,"date":"2013-09-23T19:58:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2016-01-29T09:41:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T09:41:54","slug":"aol-ceo-justifies-conference-call-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/aol-ceo-justifies-conference-call-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"AOL CEO justifies conference call firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when we told you that AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong, fired an employee during a conference call to over 1,000 other AOL staff? Well a CNN reporter quizzed him on whether he feels the decision was justified &#8211; and he said that it was!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you need bringing up to speed, the top man at AOL scheduled a conference call to boost staff morale on the future of the company &#8211; and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/aol-boss-sacks-staff-member-during-conference-call\/\" target=\"_blank\">promptly sacked a member of staff for filming him on his phone while he was conducting the call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tough decisions<\/h2>\n<p>In reality, 500 jobs hung in the balance (which make me think of David Brent&#8217;s reassuring words that Slough won&#8217;t be merging with Swindon branch in The Office) and although Armstrong admits that he would have done it differently given the chance, the firing of that employee was completely justified.<\/p>\n<p>And watching the interview below, he admits he has to make tough decisions and you can see his point; he comes across pretty well to be honest (the bit about firing the employee comes in a 2.38)<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"cnbcplayer\" width=\"475\" height=\"455\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"endTime=000\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/3000199971\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"endTime=000\" \/><embed id=\"cnbcplayer\" width=\"475\" height=\"455\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/3000199971\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" quality=\"best\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"transparent\" salign=\"lt\" flashvars=\"endTime=000\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"endTime=000\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when we told you that AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong, fired an employee during a conference call to over 1,000 other AOL staff? 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