All right. He didn't tell him to quit the industry, just to quit the job he wants to do and do something else instead. It's not that different.
Not really; that's actually a VERY good HR way of telling someone they're not getting a promotion or moved to another department because they're not performing well
That also includes if you're trying to play the "Squeaky wheel," they don't fix the department, they fix you (By (re)moving you)
It's not supportive nor it's good advice, and the fact that he turns around and suddenly becomes nice and supportive only in private makes him look even more disingenuous. And no, McCaffery's "fuck off" is not understandable at all.
Just because it's not nice doesn't mean that it's not supportive or realistic career advice
He told him be a video editor until you stop keeping yourself on the island with the bridges burnt; you need to move forward to a new island that has new bridges, find people to help you rebuild your old bridges if needed, or find a new path to the destination you're looking at now
Not only that, but he could still video edit for small gamer content, so he can float in his industry
Constantly stirring up shit, and self loathing as some sort of martyr in public isn't going to get you a job in your dream job, I guess unless you want to do parody or satire (Which, maybe, with his recent video)
He's right, he fucked up, and in a big way, and is going to need to work to overcome that; be it nice or not that's reality, especially with a very large display of an ethics violation
The reply in private was essentially a "Let's both cool it," sort of move IMO; he doesn't want to get caught up in shit that Miucin constantly stirs
He's already been punished handsomely for "what he did." Losing one's dream job and being dragged over the coals all over the internet is quite the price to pay.
When you're a public figure, that's the risk you take. If you fuck up largely in public, it's open to the public at large.
Public fuck ups are open to public scrutiny; if you don't want to be raked over the coals for fucking up, don't work as a public figure
Also why is what he did in quotes? I don't follow
His mental health is also not relevant.
This I can get behind, however it COULD explain some stuff about his decision making processes
But like ya say below, leave that to the therapists and such
I certainly wouldn't call what Saltzman did the action of a friend or "friendly criticism." If that was the intention, the private message would be public. If you can be supportive with your "friend" only privately, then you're not a friend.
Well, yeah
They haven't talked in over a year it seems
If they're not friends, it would really clarify the actions as you declared them
I highly doubt they consider each other friends; their last DMs over twitter to each other were a year apart
If you're friends, it'd be weird to suddenly swap to a different, unused communication method to talk about something
That's only speculation on their friendship of course, but the one thing we CAN say for certain is that they were in the same company with their respective leadership/employee roles
What he did was certainly worth firing. He's also not doing a great job by getting involved in controversy again, but let's not pretend like the rest of this circus is doing the right thing.
No but the circus wouldn't have all started fucking up if he didn't try to cut the tight rope; people scrambled and made dumb decisions when people try to do that to them
Trust? No. But I'd take one stance and maintain that stance in both public and private, or at least pick public or private and stick to it.
He did; a professional "You shouldn't do this in my opinion, but hey go for it man!"
"Don't do what you want to do. Do something else" is quite negative and certainly isn't good professional advice. The further issue is the 180 done in private. There was simply no reason to switch to private, and it certainly comes off as disingenuous.
Telling a person with no arms that they're not good to work in manual labor is good advice
Telling someone who likes to stir up controversy in a negative way that they should not be a public figure is good advice
It's not nice advice; but it's the truth
"Work as hard as you fuckin can doing what you love doing, but keep your head down, maybe restart from a smaller gig since those are always looking for writers, and try working your way back up, make sure you learned your lesson and that your work ethics are solid, avoid doing anything reprehensible, and by the love of God don't get involved in controversy."
Yeah which is why he told him to be a video editor; if he did video editting in the games sphere, that'd certainly be a way to prove to the industry you violated the ethics of that you've learned the lesson and have improved yourself
I understand this hits close to home for you as a journalist, but in big companies like IGN (Net worth of 14 million USD) at one point business becomes business; business isn't nice, it's about making money
