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It means the board was out of alignment with their employees and their decision was unusually unpopular.

If the board had communicated better (no 2 or different reasons) or had hard evidence (the claim was deceptive behavior) - it would have been different.

I expect everyone who reads HN accepts that execution is 70% of the battle.

It’s very unsurprising for employees to have made the choices they did, given the handling of the situation.