That's Cold

From the San Fran Chronicle: Below, we've embedded probably the most intense moment you'll ever hear during a workplace conference call.
It's from a call AOL CEO Tim Armstrong hosted Friday morning. 
In the recording, obtained by media business blog Romenesko, Armstrong is speaking to the 1,000 or so employees of AOL's local news network, Patch.
To set the scene…
The day before the call, during AOL's Q2 earnings call, Armstrong told Wall Street analysts that Patch would shrink from 900 to 600 websites. 
Patch employees took Armstrong's comments to mean that hundreds of them would soon lose their jobs.
Obviously, this sent morale plummeting. 
The call was supposed to be Armstrong's attempt to rally the troops.
During the first minute or so of the recording, Armstrong says things like: "If you don't believe what I'm about to say, I'm going to ask you to leave Patch…We have to get Patch into a place where it's going to be successful."
But then things go suddenly awry.
At exactly two minutes into the recording, Armstrong addresses someone in the room with him. 
He says, "Abel, put that camera down, now."
Then, without taking a breath, Armstrong says, "Abel, you're fired. Out."
It's pretty shocking stuff.  http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/LEAKED-AUDIO-Listen-To-AOL-CEO-Tim-Armstrong-4723680.php
To be fired in front of several hundred people is pretty cold and heartless and could open up the company to a lawsuit.
But I'm pretty sure Lenz will find another job soon and probably do better than at Patch/AOL.