I listened to quite a bit of the tape. I could be wrong, but I suspect that the subtext to all of this is an incapable son who inherited the family business from a well-respected parent. See it all the time in my industry.
It sounds like a few people were out of line - or at the very least stupid - but I have a bit of a problem with the martyr talk - I’ve tried so hard to . . . and the I’m firing 25 since no one has come forward. To me, he sounds like a paranoid control freak.
As someone else said, it’s his business. I suspect he won’t have it very long, however, with those management/people skills.
He feels his employees should kiss his arse due to the miserable job market.
He sounds brittle and laying fake claims to Godly wisdom as he fires 25 people. He has way too high an opinion of himself. He could never have built this company though he may have built upon what his parents founded. I read every word and got the impression he is incapable....and what's this about him suing employees? He does not know how to run a workplace
One employee said all he cares about is the bottom line---
'It saddens me in this day and age, and in this economy, that anybody would have the stupidity to not understand an employee contract they've signed,' said Tate in the Journal Record
A former employee speaking to ABC News said that Tate was often 'condescending' during meetings.
'It was a pretty negative working environment, it was all about the bottom line.'
Another employee called their former boss, 'calculating'.
'He thinks he can't be touched because God is on his side, he's got a good business going and no one can really hurt him.