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Re: BEST INTERNET COMM. SENIOR STAFFERS FIRED

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From: glenn gutierrez
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 00:00
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Can everyone say "scapegoat?" If Best was known to have problems in the
past and the new CEO wants new investors, this is exactly the kind of
thing that would look good on paper. Schaft was the best thing to ever
happen to Best. Now I'm really looking elsewhere. Take that to your
meeting.

>George Schaft, former
>Director of Customer Satisfaction, and Mike
>Schwartz, Best's former acting CEO before the
>arrival of the company's new CEO, Alan
>Mutter, were fired for being at loggerheads
>with Mutter over the direction of the ISP. A
>terse announcement of the departure of Schaft
>was posted to a Best newsgroup at 8:00 p.m.
>this evening. Schartz made his own
>announcement at 2:00 p.m. today.
>
>Mutter was named Best Internet's CEO last
>week to prepare the company for a public
>offering. According to his resume, he has no
>technical experience and has never operated
>an internet service provider.
>
>Mutter refused to return phone calls and
>email today asking for his explanation of the
>employee firings, but the source said the CEO
>was "trying to lay low until the situation
>blows over."
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From: glenn gutierrez <glenn@crworld.com>
Subject: Re: BEST INTERNET COMM. SENIOR STAFFERS FIRED
Date: 1996/01/27
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