[void-pointer]

The experience as CEO of a company with 10e2-10e3 headcount is a lot different than the experience with 10e4-10e6 headcount.

[rdlw]

Any number of negative employees would be troubling, but I admit 9.9 million of them would be especially bad.

[jawns]

But the latter can often afford a secretary, if not a team of secretaries, to handle these sorts of things, with permission to add his signature.

[cosmicgadget]

Personally I'd either say nothing or farm the research out to an assistant for long tenure employees.