Dyan Neary
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Mark's budget was being cut.
He would have to lose two employees, 25% of his staff, effective in four months' time.
The controller's staff hadn't been cut in years.
This can't be a coincidence, he thought.
The next day, Mark called his staff into a conference room.
He tried to comfort them as he broke the news.
At this point, were you considering like maybe I shouldn't do this?
Mark says the meeting was long and heated.
The staff was only eight people total and they urged him not to publish the report.
One of them argued, look, if it's our jobs or the report, you got to choose us, right?
But Mark felt like, I wasn't elected to protect your jobs.
Then again, you don't deserve to be booted over this.
Finally, after a couple emotional hours, he conceded.
And if they were okay with it, he'd pull the report.