AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong is still reeling from his massive “distressed babies” public relations debacle. At a town hall meeting, Armstrong blamed two AOL employees’ “distressed babies” and their pricey health care costs for the company’s decision to cut employee retirement benefits, Reuters reports.
Deanna Fei, an accomplished writer and mother to one of the so-called “distressed babies,” penned an incredibly moving article for Slate about how Armstrong’s town hall comments has affected her family, including her husband, the AOL employee.
Here are three lessons in-house counsel should take away from this mess:
Also, never pick on employees with gifted authors as spouses. Fei’s beautifully written piece for Slate will certainly cast a pall on Armstrong’s attempts at damage control.
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- AOL CEO Tim Armstrong apologizes for “distressed babies” remarks (CBS News)
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- A Corporate Attorney’s Greatest Enemy: Telling Bad Jokes (FindLaw’s In House Counsel)
- Rutgers’ Blame Game Leads to Scapegoats, Firings, Lessons Learned (FindLaw’s In House Counsel)
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