Napalming (verb): The art of incinerating trust and goodwill with explosive hypocrisy, typically by self-absorbed business leaders. It’s when they shower teams with praise for growth and hard work, only to turn around and make decisions so out of touch they leave everyone burned—like firing the person responsible for success just to cram people into offices the size of shoeboxes.
At the company kickoff, the CEO went on about how ‘growth is a testament to our amazing team.’ Then they fired the engineering team lead who helped build the product that grew by 40%, all because they wanted to cram everyone into offices smaller than most people’s living rooms. Classic Napalming.
by The Big Tasty January 12, 2025
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