“Firing people was easily the worst part of the job.” Those are the words of a great friend of mine who for decades ran a very successful financial corporation. The sleepless nights that preceded gently telling people they weren't measuring up were agony for him.
The popular notion of indifferent-to-employee CEOs is so very divorced from reality. I've never met one who enjoyed being the bearer of bad news to workers who, in many instances, had dependents.
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