Charles Schwab and his wife Helen attended the White House Dinner - the special guest was Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
Questions regarding the appropriateness of Charles R. Schwab - who continues to represent and lead the company in his capacity of Co-Director of the Charles Schwab Corporation - attending this particular event are legitimate and not inflammatory.
So the question is why thelayoff.com removed the earlier postings regarding this topic.
This thread reminds me of South Park’s Turkey Trot episode & Cartman showing how easy it is to justify anything once you add power, money, and the word “reform.”
Corporate leadership seems perfectly aligned with that logic & apparently even attending a dinner celebrating MBS can be reframed as an “economic opportunity “.
The layoff didn’t remove the post because it was false. It was removed because the truth was too uncomfortable. The founder, namesake, and largest shareholder of this firm chose to attend a state dinner honoring MBS, a man internationally known for mu---r, torture, and systemic human-rights abuses which is pretty bad for the Schwab “trust and integrity” brand.
Employees and clients have been told for years that Charles Schwab (the man and the firm) stand for trust, integrity, and doing the right thing. But the truth is now impossible to ignore: Chuck is perfectly willing to align himself with power over principle, money over morals. And the firm clearly wants to erase, downplay, or pretend away that reality.
So the original post didn’t vanish because it was inaccurate or inflammatory. It vanished because it was factual and too revealing for a company that would rather keep its founder’s choices out of public view. The moderators didn’t delete lies. They deleted the truth because it made someone uncomfortable.
I got laid off because I posted here.
Yes, their account is with Schw
@dt good point
Original post did link to external articles... Maybe something to do with republishing content or something up f that nature
If that were the honest reason we'd see other posts taken down. And the post in question didn't name anyone that wasn't public and documented in the media.
I don't think companies take down content. But I do believe The Layoff is over zealous in their removals, especially of content that has been up for days.
I have to laugh whenever people turn to conspiracy. It reminds me of that quote from Pulp Fiction.
"When you little scamps get together, you're worse than a sewing circle!"
The site removes personal information. There's no conspiracy, just an attempt to stay out of trouble and outing individuals.