Really. We shouldn't gloat about this.

I wish he hadn't gone negative. I think he allowed his campaign managers to get the upper hand. I think he now sees that there is too much nastiness among his supporters and is trying to be less negative. At least, that's what I'm hoping.

The employees may have been told they would be following Sanders to the WH, it was wrong to mislead.

I'd be pissed knowing how extravagant he's been.

"Kids got shafted it was a bust"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=118913

I'm thinking the majoring don't care what BS does.. 'course they are a few who are rebelling.

The boss usually makes someone else do it. There's no head's up, and it comes as a surprise. In this case, since these are people who are true blue Bernie supporters, it would have been nice to have had him give them the news.

And I agree, Sanders should have been the one to break the news. Especially since he could have softened the blow with the same reasoning that he used in an interview about the layoffs. He could always re-assure the faithful by reminding them that when he wins California by 107% and all of the super-delegates (even Hillary Clinton in her capacity as a super-delegate!) flip to him, after having 700-odd birds land on all their houses simultaneously, that he could rehire them for the general election. That would at least have given them something to look forward to, right?

If I were working on his campaign, I would probably be feeling a little under appreciated right now.

with my HR head. Counseled them, explained their exit packages, personally arranged recommendations for them, let them get angry and held their hands and listened when they cried. It took me two long days in five different states and it was brutal but, as difficult as the whole time was, at least I did my best to treat everyone like valued human beings in a terrible situation.
My Father taught me that when you are running a business the people who work for you come first. Then you take care of yourself.

What you did, your compassion and the strain it put on you as well, I hold you in the highest regard.

Thank you Walk away.

PS. One of my dad's quotes to me. "If you cannot do a job well, don't do it at all"

you actually did.

I can well imagine from their perspective that it was very much appreciated!

That must have been excruciating. You have earned my respect based on knowing this single thing about you.

within a few months. The last five employees and myself sold off the stock and any assets, paid off any debts and walked out the door together like the end of a sitcom.
We stay in touch still and many of the folks that we let go that day stay in touch as well. Some of us have even worked together through the years.
I'm no angel and I don't always do the right thing, but when people work for you, their lives and their families lives can be in your hands.

yet another example of the tone-deafness we have seen from Bernie before.

The true blue supporters are certainly the most disappointed and have every right to be. Their hero should have had the couilles to let them know in person.

I wonder when we will get the first inside story from them.

These are the parts that I'm sure Sander's wanted to avoid, unfortunately this is not the way to handle it. He should reach out to Secretary Clinton for advice on closing out his campaign, when Hillary had to do it in 2008, she handled it with leadership. It would give the two of them a chance to build a more personal dialog.

for the people who were laid off. It's never an easy position to be in.

campaign, and the very least he could have been on that phone call, tell them how much he appreciated their efforts, and that he was consolidating resources to better continue with the remaining primaries.

I believe it didn't show very much class on his part

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I mean.. that's just what you do. Win or lose.. and especially when you have to lay-off campaign workers who expected to have pay checks until June.

I wonder if they're thinking.. ".. if Bernie didn't fly to Rome in search of the Pope would there be more money for us to relocate in California"?

He hasn't shown any class in a long time, afaic.

But they have boxed themselves into a corner with their bullshit about "revolution" and their charges of corruption against HRC.

He sounds just like the corporate class he demonizes.

Posted in that other forum:

They hire supporters as temp workers for the locale they are working in then lay them off when they move on. Since Sanders will focus on California, it makes sense to lay off people in other states and hire in California.

However, I agree that Sanders should have been on the call.