“In the end, 20 percent of AOL’s in-house workforce was canned and nearly every editorial staffer, including my own editor with whom I’d worked every day for two years, was shown the door. The people I knew inside AOL told me that workers were fired in mass conference room terminations, with no reason given.”
An AOL insider spills the beans about the editorial bloodbath that occurred after the antiquated Internet company purchased Huffington Post.
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What’s sad is that it’s the standard layoff story for any non-unionized industry. Welcome to my world, tech industry circa 2000-2003. “We thank you for your loyal service in making us rich, now please get the fuck out in an orderly fashion while corporate security watches.”
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