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AUGUST 14, 2013

As a next step, Armstrong got on a conference call with those 1,000 Patch employees with the intention of boosting morale and to talk about what’s next. Instead, he took a very no-holds-barred approach to the conversation and ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director, Abel Lenz in front of those employees. And it’s all on tape.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Last week we covered the recent case of AOL CEO Tim Armstrong firing an employee (Patch creative director, Abel Lenz) publically while on a conference call of 1,000 employees. It was all caught on tape. And it wasn’t until four days after Lenz was fired that Armstrong sent AOL employees an apology for his behavior.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Soon afterward, Armstrong spoke to 1,000 employees on a conference call that was intended to boost morale and discuss the future. Armstrong ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director , Abel Lenz, in front of everyone. In August 2013, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced that AOL would be reducing the number of Patch websites.

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