Benedict Townsend

Okay, this is genuinely my first time seeing this email. I'm going to read it out.

Okay, this is genuinely my first time seeing this email. I'm going to read it out.

Okay, today's headline, team huddle tomorrow. Feels pretty light so far.

Okay, today's headline, team huddle tomorrow. Feels pretty light so far.

Hey, dudes. We're going to do a midweek huddle tomorrow at 11 a.m. It doesn't even say meeting. It's just huddle.

Hey, dudes. We're going to do a midweek huddle tomorrow at 11 a.m. It doesn't even say meeting. It's just huddle.

If you're remote or OOO, which I guess is out of office, would be rad. Rad. That's the bit that gets me. It would be rad if you could VC in. And I'm guessing VC is video call or video chat. Video call, must be. Why? They couldn't type out out of office? Brackets. If you don't have access to Hangouts, hit me back. Hit me back. And I can dial you in because G-Hang is the best like that. Thanks.

If you're remote or OOO, which I guess is out of office, would be rad. Rad. That's the bit that gets me. It would be rad if you could VC in. And I'm guessing VC is video call or video chat. Video call, must be. Why? They couldn't type out out of office? Brackets. If you don't have access to Hangouts, hit me back. Hit me back. And I can dial you in because G-Hang is the best like that. Thanks.

Thanks with a full stop as well. Oh, yeah. Thanks.

Thanks with a full stop as well. Oh, yeah. Thanks.

It's not, by the way, this is mandatory attendance because you need to find out we're letting you all go. If you're working remotely, it'd be rad if you could call in because if you don't call in, it'll be less rad for you because you won't find out that you have lost your job. It's very cash, isn't it?

It's not, by the way, this is mandatory attendance because you need to find out we're letting you all go. If you're working remotely, it'd be rad if you could call in because if you don't call in, it'll be less rad for you because you won't find out that you have lost your job. It's very cash, isn't it?

I just think when you receive this email, you could be easily forgiven for not realising that you're being summoned to the end.

I just think when you receive this email, you could be easily forgiven for not realising that you're being summoned to the end.

Slightly tone deaf, I would say, most charitably.

Slightly tone deaf, I would say, most charitably.

She had a pretty poison chalice. I'm not saying she's a bad person for doing this or anything like that.

She had a pretty poison chalice. I'm not saying she's a bad person for doing this or anything like that.

Karen, Vine's chief optimism officer, had lost her battle. Her vision for the app, courting creators, curating content first, was too far ahead of its time.

Karen, Vine's chief optimism officer, had lost her battle. Her vision for the app, courting creators, curating content first, was too far ahead of its time.