Tim Armstrong tells employees he made a mistake when he fired Abel Lenz during a Patch all-hands meeting. August 13, 2013 2:24 PM PDT New AOL logo (Credit: America Online) AOL CEO Tim Armstrong apologized to employees about publicly firing former Creative Director Abel Lenz last week, according to Poynter. Armstrong wrote in a letter to employees that he has apologized to Lenz about the incident. "Internal meetings of a confidential nature should not be filmed or recorded so that our employees can feel free to discuss all topics openly. Abel had been told previously not to record a confidential meeting, and he repeated that behavior on Friday, which drove my actions," he wrote. "We have been through many difficult situations in turning around AOL and I have done my best to make the best decisions in the long-term interest of the employees and the company. On Friday I acted too quickly and I learned a tremendous lesson and I wanted you to hear that directly from me." Donna Tam Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
Tim Armstrong tells employees he made a mistake when he fired Abel Lenz during a Patch all-hands meeting.
New AOL logo
(Credit: America Online)
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong apologized to employees about publicly firing former Creative Director Abel Lenz last week, according to Poynter.
Armstrong wrote in a letter to employees that he has apologized to Lenz about the incident.
"Internal meetings of a confidential nature should not be filmed or recorded so that our employees can feel free to discuss all topics openly. Abel had been told previously not to record a confidential meeting, and he repeated that behavior on Friday, which drove my actions," he wrote. "We have been through many difficult situations in turning around AOL and I have done my best to make the best decisions in the long-term interest of the employees and the company. On Friday I acted too quickly and I learned a tremendous lesson and I wanted you to hear that directly from me."
Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
