, who runs an Ohio-based marketing firm, HyperSocial, shared a tear-stained photo of himself on LinkedIn on Wednesday. The post has received more than 6,700 comments and nearly 33,000 reactions. “This will be the most vulnerable moment I’ll ever share. I’ve debated whether or not to post this post. I’ve had to let go of some of our employees. Most of them for financial and other reasons,” Wallake wrote in the post of himself crying.
The CEO adds in the post that the layoffs are due to decisions he made in February and that they are “his fault.” Decisions that he did not explain in the post, but he assures that he will clarify in the future. jordan number data According to HyperSocial 's LinkedIn profile , the company that Wallake runs was founded in 2019, and has up to 50 employees.
He describes the layoffs as the “hardest thing” he has ever had to do, adding that he would have preferred to be “a businessman who only cared about money and didn’t care who he hurt along the way.”
CNBC notes that LinkedIn users mocked Wallake's post. Comments included messages that considered the CEO to be "out of touch" and that his post was "embarrassing." Other users of the social network pointed out that the CEO should focus more on helping his former employees and not on telling how the situation has affected him personally.
“Firing people may be terrible for you, but it’s even worse for them. It’s about ensuring their well-being, not posting about your pain to get likes . It’s not funny, it’s insensitive, and it’s in poor taste. Grow up, look out for those you claim to care so much about, take responsibility for your mistakes privately, and stop being so narcissistic,” one user notes.
On the other hand, the CEO also received support, including one of his former employees, Noah Smith, who came to his defense, stating that he would only like to work with people like Wallake, who have a positive outlook on life. Braden Wallake posted another post where he noted that he did not intend to play the victim and apologized if it came across that way.