Simply Hired launches Simply Fired

Om Malik | Monday, August 1, 2005 | 6:52 AM PT | 4 comments

Donald Trump move over, for these guys have got some serious tales which scream “You’re fired” louder than him. By the way does anyone else think this is a better PR move than hiring an agency and having them make the calls. Fired Google blogger, Mark Jen, who works for Plaxo tells his story.

4 comments so far

August 1st, 2005
1:26 PM PT
Jesse Kopelman said:

I was thinking this was going to be some kind of service aimed at managers and HR folks to make it easier for them to fire people. Does this this make me a bad person?

August 1st, 2005
1:30 PM PT
Om Malik said:

no that means you are ready to be upgraded to middle management… not that there is anything wrong with that

August 1st, 2005
1:59 PM PT
Jesse Kopelman said:

Since when is that an upgrade? Like the great line from _A Shock to the System_, “He was your superior, wasn’t he? No, he was my boss.”

August 1st, 2005
2:03 PM PT
Om Malik said:

if you are a pc users, then upgrades mean going from windows 95 to windows me. its an upgrade but not really an upgrade. same is the whole thing about middle management - upgrade to well, more medicority

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