Hey y’all,
Ivy is no longer with the company, and we wish her the best in her future endeavors.
When a public-facing employee leaves, it’s always tricky.
The forum really wants to hear the details about why something happened. You all speculate, and some of you drag either my name, the company’s, or the employee’s through the mud.
I understand why this happens.
Many of you have listened to us talk for hundreds of hours, and you genuinely know our personalities pretty well, which is connecting.
So, when something happens and you don’t have answers, it feels weird and inauthentic since we’re usually so transparent about the company.
I also regret not having Amber on the podcast one final time before she departed.
Amber had transitioned off the podcast about a year before that and was focusing on being a product manager.
When she put in her notice to leave the company, I never thought to put her on one last time to say goodbye.
That was a mistake. Pete got to do a farewell, and Amber did not, and I’m sorry for that. It wasn’t fair.
For other company departures, my policy is not to discuss why they happened. I do this for a couple of reasons:
- It respects the privacy of the former employee.
- Let’s assume the situation of an involuntary departure. TrainerRoad has a significant platform, and discussing the details of an employee’s departure could be unfair. Former employees might not agree with my perspective and may not have the same platform to respond.
Or to put it another way, would you want the forum discussing the details of why you left a former job? Especially when your former boss was the one who told the story? Probably not.
The good news is we’ve got some excellent guests lined up for y’all. We’re going to rotate in new ones all the time to keep it fresh and make sure we’re all still learning.
I’m perfectly willing to discuss a lot of stuff about TrainerRoad, but I will not discuss why individual employees left the company. If you have any questions, let me know. 