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#2 is giving me ptsd.

I'm not even involved with hiring, and I hear this so often it makes me hurt. Also, I'd add:

CEO: drives off in over-priced car to fly to Europe on the company dime for "business"

CEO: "Team, we have to pull together on this one and I need all of you to work through the weekend to get this feature out the door before open of business Monday morning. I appreciate all of your hard work, and we'll all be nose to the grindstone from Friday morning all the way through to Monday morning. I know you can do it, and together we can make this a killer product and a very successful venture going forward.

Team lead at 9pm on Saturday: "Hey, where's the CEO? We need him to review a few things, he wanted sign-off before we got too far."

VP Product: "He's in Vale all weekend with his family, skiing. He's off the grid until late Sunday night."

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