The media are quoting AOL leadership, such as head Tim Armstrong. The message is that content houses such as Huffington Post are safe. Here are typical quotes in The Wall Street Journal.
However, how many employees now feel relieved that their job will be unaffected by the takeover from Verizon? Trust has long been broken.
That wasn't always the situation. When I worked at Gulf Oil, which was later taken over by Chevron, and Chrysler, during the Lee Iacocca turnaround, management was as straight with us as the SEC regulations allowed. We truly were "family."
As trust began to deteriorate, we learned to read between the lines. Now, cagey employees don't even bother reading much of the internal and external communications generated during disruption.
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