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by danso 2821 days ago
You don't think the co-founders of a company, who are leaving for purportedly benign/positive reasons, owe it to their company to have a prepared explanation? Given that the sudden resignation of a founder -- nevermind both co-founders at the same time -- is generally seen as worrying news?

edit: fixed punctuation. By "prepared explanation" I don't mean a formal press release, but a reason (even if vague) that can be publicly disclosed, even before the official announcement, so it doesn't look like the founders are jumping ship for bad/antagonistic reasons.

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why on earth would they owe anything to the company?
Jesus Christ.

Because people worked under and followed the for the better years of their life to make them rich?

Because the people you work with are more important than the work you do?

Because when you form a relationship with someone, contractually, business, or otherwise, you do, in fact owe them something, be it money, respect, or even some simple common decency.

if you work for someone, do you owe them anything? beyond a customary standard of duty and notice of departure from employment?
Not to Mark Zuckerberg, but to the colleagues who've worked for them for years in their shared mission and who would, as normal human beings, appreciate knowing that the high-level departures are not a sign of trouble.
High level departures of this kind ARE a sign of trouble though...