While
social networks
are the first place where good news is announced - a new job, a
promotion, a personal milestone - what happens when one inevitably faces
a setback? Silence, usually. Most people slink away from Facebook and Twitter, their updates cease, and those around them maintain a delicate silence.
As Steve Jobs famously said about being fired from Apple , the company he helped create, this sense of being a "public failure" can be devastating. But a few high-profile global Indians have shown that they can work their career losses with aplomb.
Savvy Sree
Take Sree Sreenivasan, who was asked to step down from his prestigious place as chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As Quartz reported, he has been an object lesson in "how to do unemployment right".
He set the narrative by first giving everyone the news about the ejection Let everyone know he was available for other offers, and invited ideas on what to do next Made it a teachable moment to others in such situations - "don't worry about the trolls, amplify your fans."
Sayonara in style
Nikesh Arora , after his startling exit from Softbank, also took the setback on the chin.
Fielded questions about his exit on Twitter Wasn't bitter about his former boss Masayoshi Son, pointing out that it was his prerogative to change his mind Busted rumours, and answered queries about his future with wry humour.
Other quirky exits
Groupon's Andrew Mason, who was fired as CEO in 2013, began his exit letter by saying, "I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today."
In 2012, Greg Smith announced his resignation in an oped article in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs". He accused Goldman of having a "toxic and destructive" working culture and said senior staff referred to clients as "muppets".
In 2010, former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his departure in a Haiku on Twitter.
As Steve Jobs famously said about being fired from Apple , the company he helped create, this sense of being a "public failure" can be devastating. But a few high-profile global Indians have shown that they can work their career losses with aplomb.
Savvy Sree
Take Sree Sreenivasan, who was asked to step down from his prestigious place as chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As Quartz reported, he has been an object lesson in "how to do unemployment right".
He set the narrative by first giving everyone the news about the ejection Let everyone know he was available for other offers, and invited ideas on what to do next Made it a teachable moment to others in such situations - "don't worry about the trolls, amplify your fans."
Sayonara in style
Nikesh Arora , after his startling exit from Softbank, also took the setback on the chin.
Fielded questions about his exit on Twitter Wasn't bitter about his former boss Masayoshi Son, pointing out that it was his prerogative to change his mind Busted rumours, and answered queries about his future with wry humour.
Other quirky exits
Groupon's Andrew Mason, who was fired as CEO in 2013, began his exit letter by saying, "I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today."
In 2012, Greg Smith announced his resignation in an oped article in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs". He accused Goldman of having a "toxic and destructive" working culture and said senior staff referred to clients as "muppets".
In 2010, former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his departure in a Haiku on Twitter.
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