Placement Flashbacks (Memories from over 30 years in the staffing field). #5. I feel the need to deviate from a flashback to commenting on a topic brought to mind by the firing of the brand new General Manager of the New York Mets today.
Apparently, a few years back, as he was working his way up the management ladder with another baseball team, he met a newspaper reporter from Europe who had been sent to the U.S. to observe and write features about the sport. They met in person just once but she caught his attention, traded contact information with each other and agreed to meet for a meal. Her schedule caused her to miss the meeting but this budding executive kept texting and eventually became quite lewd and suggestive in his approach.
The reporter shared her experience with someone from ESPN but asked them not to report as she was afraid of retribution in her homeland. The perpetrator spent several years in a high ranking position then was hired to rebuild the Mets in December. That motivated the victim of his behavior to come forward as she feared he would use his newly gained powers to mistreat other women. One day after the news broke, the Mets terminated him. The conclusion is that everything we do has the potential to remain part of our past digitally for eternity.
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