CEO Braden Wallake, who wept after sacking personnel, claims that an ex-employee has been inundated with employment offers
The founder of Hyper Social wrote on LinkedIn, “You guys have loaded Noah Smith’s inbox with career offers, job availabilities, and more.”
Braden Wallake, the “Crying CEO” and founder of Hyper Social, fired two employees last week. One of them, Noah Smith, a marketing pro from South Dakota, is currently inundated with employment offers.
On Tuesday, August 9, Wallake posted a lengthy statement on LinkedIn to convey his sadness about firing employees from his business. The marketing services company was established in 2016 and has its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Only two people had been let go, it was eventually discovered. Only one of them had been told by Wallake. Smith received the awful news from his chief operating officer and girlfriend Emily Chucta.
Soon after posting an embarrassing crying selfie while announcing the layoffs, the CEO received harsh criticism on social media. With over 52,000 replies and 10,000 comments, the post became popular.
Recently, Wallake published a photo with Noah that has since gone popular on his LinkedIn. The image showed his mailbox overflowing with mails about open positions. The message says, “This photo was recently shared to me by Noah. It was never intended for this to go viral, but seeing this makes every negative comment worthwhile. Noah Smith’s inbox is FILLED to the brim with job openings, job availabilities, and more thanks to you folks. Noah will have a ton of fantastic chances to pick from as a result of you all. And anyone he chooses will be very fortunate to have him!”
The youthful CEO revealed to PR Week that he had also gotten a lot of encouraging texts. When questioned about why he did not remove the post, he responded, “Because I keep receiving responses from other business owners saying, “Love this, been there, worst feeling, right there with you,” I’ve decided to do this. Although this piece has generated a lot of positive feedback, I’m trying to avoid reading the unfavorable [comments].”
One LinkedIn member backed Wallake and wrote, “You have good character. Although you never set out to be flawless, you are a good person. One day, I’d like to zoom with you.” Wallake reacted: “I’m content with the fact that I’ll never be perfect. It is always preferable to do the wrong thing with good intentions than the right thing with poor ones.”