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A decision 👆no CEO wants to have to make.

7 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Andy Neary. This content was uploaded by Andy Neary. This is a YouTube video titled "A decision 👆no CEO wants to have to make." It contains a personal reflection from January 7, 2026, by a speaker discussing the difficult experience of conducting a layoff in November 2008 and the emotional and leadership challenges involved.

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For the one and only time in our history, In November of 2008, we had to do a layoff, and it was. Oh, man, it was terrible. I'm grateful that I was newer at the time, and I was able to. It hurt. But to set aside some of the emotion and knowing that, you know, times like that, you've got to. Sometimes you have to cut your foot off to survive and move forward. And we had to. We had to do that. And we came out of it so much healthier. But I don't know if anything really prepares you for that. I know one thing. I was absolutely not prepared as leader of the company to go through all that stuff, but you learn quickly.