Resigning in protest
SteveThe story of the Jet Blue Flight Attendant that resigned from his position as the great Marv Albert would describe - In dramatic fashion, has been all over the news the last two days. Cursing out a plane full of passengers, activating the emergency slides, grabbing a couple of beers, and making a run for it makes for a fantastic story.
Lots of folks have fantasized about marching in to the boss' office and firing off a pointed screed or diatribe and proudly walking out into a glorious future of happiness and success (or in the case of our friend from Jet Blue, possible jail time).
Sure, the flight attendant was fed up, had to deal with what sounds like an incredibly annoying and entitled passenger, took a shot to the head from said passenger's luggage, and seemingly just snapped. It happens. Usually not as cool and newsworthy as this episode, but it happens. People get fed up and quit their jobs every day.
But I wonder about other scenarios that might make employees resign in protest. These could be sub-standard working conditions, a hostile work environment, or even inept management.
I mean really inept. 
The kind of management that would welcome back to the organization a notorious ex-employee. A person in whose tenure as a high ranking and highly paid member of upper management left a history of failure, poor leadership, shattered public relations, and just for good measure was sued by another former employee for sexual harassment, dragging the organization through a public and embarrassing court case.
This just in - The New York Knicks to bring Isiah Thomas back to the organization as a consultant.
Yes, the Isiah Thomas that in four plus years as Knicks GM and Coach led the team to exactly one playoff appearance and made a series of colossally bad personnel decisions resulting in the team being burdened with a slew of bad contracts for under performing and below average talent.
And did I mention the sexual harassment lawsuit? Ok, just checking.
If you were an employee of the Knicks, and your leadership openly welcomed Thomas back into the fold after his legacy of failure and embarrassing behavior what would you think? Could you take it any longer? Would you feel compelled to head for the emergency exit, grab a beer, pull the slide, and make a run for it?
Could your management make such a colossally bad hire that it would make you resign in protest?
Footnote - apparently there is no truth to the rumor that Knicks owner Jim Dolan is looking to bring in Mark Hurd to get the back office operations in shape.
Reader Comments (4)
I admit I'm not so hip to the sports analogies but lots of companies hire executives or directors from failed companies, although perhaps not so flamboyantly. There's even a rising trend out there in favor of hiring people who've 'made mistakes.' For myself, when reading the bio of a new hire at my company, I kind of prefer the stellar track record to the, 'had key management role at company that went under' or 'made one horrific mistake after another' tagline. But that's just me. I probably have unreasonably high standards.
That is funny Laura - have a look out for my upcoming post on Fistful of Talent - 'Why I'd Hire Mark Hurd' - I will bet you will have a good go at me after that!
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