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Execs don't interface with employees on a level where there is much emotion going on, and they probably see this as a benefit.

This is par for the course. Athletes won't ever say 'I am moving to a new team' a month before a deal is inked. Employees won't go to their manager and say 'I am thinking of leaving in about a month, not sure yet tho'...they give the 2 week notice and peace out.

This is all extremely strategic, anyone who thinks the average exec really gives a damn needs to wake up. There are certainly exceptions, I have yet to see it.



No, but they don't make promises that the opposite is going to happen.

| This is all extremely strategic

If the strategy is to show your business partners that you are unreliable




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