This camera guy was only doing his job, and apparently gets fired during a conference call because the CEO is a jerk (and a liberal, Obama-loving douchebag...).
http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-did- ... ence-call/
http://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-a ... z2bjhRC5VG
Below, we've embedded probably the most intense moment you'll ever hear during a workplace conference call.
It's from a call AOL CEO Tim Armstrong hosted Friday morning.
In the recording, obtained by media business blog Romenesko, Armstrong is speaking to the 1,000 or so employees of AOL's local news network, Patch.
To set the scene…
The day before the call, during AOL's Q2 earnings call, Armstrong told Wall Street analysts that Patch would shrink from 900 to 600 websites.
Patch employees took Armstrong's comments to mean that hundreds of them would soon lose their jobs.
Obviously, this sent morale plummeting.
The call was supposed to be Armstrong's attempt to rally the troops.
During the first minute or so of the recording, Armstrong says things like: "If you don't believe what I'm about to say, I'm going to ask you to leave Patch…We have to get Patch into a place where it's going to be successful."
But then things go suddenly awry.
At exactly two minutes into the recording, Armstrong addresses someone in the room with him.
He says, "Abel, put that camera down, now."
Then, without taking a breath, Armstrong says, "Abel, you're fired. Out."
It's pretty shocking stuff.
The person Armstrong is talking to in the recording is Abel Lenz, Patch's Creative Director. Obviously, Lenz is no longer with the company.
Armstrong picked an odd reason to fire him.
Gotta love Corporate America and how it treats its workers....