The more offensive part to me is the new CEO founded the company with him and they have been together there for 16 fucking years. Its impossible that he didn't have some inkling of what side of the compass the guy's politics lay.
And for all those years of professional friendship, he throws him out to the wolves and takes his position like a scab in less than 48 hours (most of which I'd assume was the company forming a lynch mob and paperwork).
That's the takeaway from this as always, its not the mob that's really that dangerous. Its your chickenshit circles who will sell you out for backpats the moment they get nervous.
As far as I’m aware, he chose to step down on his own. Tripwire Interactive is a private business. It doesn’t have a board of directors elected by stockholders. Chances are, he couldn’t handle the negative attention and cucked out, appointing his friend as the new CEO. Of course, I say this with no knowledge of Tripwire’s corporate structure beyond the fact that it’s a private company, but it’s a story I’ve seen play out time and time again.
I think you’re right. They probably didn’t like the heat they were getting and he stepped down but will still hold his shares and make the same amount of money on the company’s success or lack thereof.
It’s not a public company, so there’s no shares to hold. However, he probably does still have an ownership stake in the company. Nevertheless, stepping down as CEO means he no longer has control over the direction the company takes and the ideological positions it endorses. As you can see, the first thing the new executives did was put out a statement denouncing John Gibson’s views and saying that they went against “company values”. (Since when did companies start having values? Oh right, thanks Citizens v. United)
The more offensive part to me is the new CEO founded the company with him and they have been together there for 16 fucking years. Its impossible that he didn't have some inkling of what side of the compass the guy's politics lay.
And for all those years of professional friendship, he throws him out to the wolves and takes his position like a scab in less than 48 hours (most of which I'd assume was the company forming a lynch mob and paperwork).
That's the takeaway from this as always, its not the mob that's really that dangerous. Its your chickenshit circles who will sell you out for backpats the moment they get nervous.
As far as I’m aware, he chose to step down on his own. Tripwire Interactive is a private business. It doesn’t have a board of directors elected by stockholders. Chances are, he couldn’t handle the negative attention and cucked out, appointing his friend as the new CEO. Of course, I say this with no knowledge of Tripwire’s corporate structure beyond the fact that it’s a private company, but it’s a story I’ve seen play out time and time again.
I think you’re right. They probably didn’t like the heat they were getting and he stepped down but will still hold his shares and make the same amount of money on the company’s success or lack thereof.
It’s not a public company, so there’s no shares to hold. However, he probably does still have an ownership stake in the company. Nevertheless, stepping down as CEO means he no longer has control over the direction the company takes and the ideological positions it endorses. As you can see, the first thing the new executives did was put out a statement denouncing John Gibson’s views and saying that they went against “company values”. (Since when did companies start having values? Oh right, thanks Citizens v. United)
Private companies can have shares they just aren’t traded on a public market