“One person was dismissed this morning” “The organization is rotten with just one unmotivated person” IT company president controversial tweet → “Emotional” apology / withdrawal: J-CAST News[Full text]

“I fired one person this morning.” The CEO of a Japanese IT company made this statement on SNS as if he were the CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk. The reason is that he was unmotivated.

The post caused controversy and was followed by an explanation.


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“Dismissal must be done quickly.”

Posted by the president of a startup that works on the DX (digital transformation) business. “I fired one person this morning,” he tweeted on December 5, 2022. continued.

The employee was hired this spring. He also revealed that he made the decision on his own despite the strong opposition of personnel, saying, “The manager has no choice but to direct all his anger at this result to himself. Switch and push forward with the business without wasting a single second.” expressed.

It seems that the employee was dismissed for the reason of “motivation”, which is difficult to quantify, and there are many skeptical voices on social media for making it public.

On the 7th, the president apologized, saying, “I posted it because I got emotional” and “I’m sorry to everyone who felt uncomfortable about my tweet,” and deleted the post.

It is said that the tweet was misleading, and it was actually terminated due to the expiration of the employment contract period. He stresses that there is no dispute between the two parties and that there are no legal issues.

Let’s say that regardless of motivation, the contract renewal was postponed because it did not meet the “sales performance assessment criteria” that had been agreed upon.

Looking back on the process of posting, “I had a strong feeling that ‘I worked so hard with that person for less than a year, but why didn’t things go as expected,’ and that led to the post.” However, I feel that this way of thinking is someone else’s responsibility, and I feel that I was immature.I wish him success in the future, and I would be happy if he could continue to be my friend.”

Regarding posting on social media in the future, she said, “There are many things I need to reflect on, but I can only learn from myself through posting, so I will continue to actively post, and I would like to improve in the process. I will.

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