I received a dozen goodbye emails yesterday from people I have known and worked with for 10+ years. It was heartbreaking but at the same time I was happy for them as at least they're done with this h3llhole company.
M*ke, you have gone too far. You have crippled the business you were hired to run and now there aren't enough people to even keep it running. Backlog will not come down unless orders are cancelled. If you honestly believe that you can cut 40-50% of some of your most talented workforce and still expect the same results and output, then you are dumber than we all thought you were. If you believe for one second that the rest of us are just going to cower in fear and start doing the jobs of 2 or 4 people, you are sorely mistaken. In fact, it has completely k–led my motivation to do anything for this company and I will spend the remaining days applying for jobs. I'll show up to meetings and pretend that I'm engaged but just know that I'm not. My work output will drop to as little as I can get away with until I can find something else and then I can watch this whole place implode with you at the helm.
Nice job, champ.