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A tech company CEO has been mocked online for posting a photo of himself in tears after laying off some of his employees - with the ridicule only increasing after it emerged that only two staff members were let go.
Braden Wallake, who founded Hyper Social in 2016, posted a lengthy message to LinkedIn on Tuesday explaining his devastation at dismissing the employees.
'I know it isn't professional to tell my employees that I love them,' he said.
'But from the bottom of my heart, I hope they know how much I do.'
He added: 'I can't think of a lower moment than this.'
The company's website lists 18 people as employees.
Braden Wallake posted a tearful photo to LinkedIn on Tuesday, telling of his devastation at having to get rid of employees
Wallake is pictured with his girlfriend Emily Chucta, the chief operations officer, with whom he is currently living and working in a branded camper van traveling the U.S.
On Wednesday, he admitted that only two of his employees lost their jobs - with his girlfriend Emily Chucta, the chief operations officer, with whom he is currently traveling in a branded camper van, firing the second.
Noah Smith was one of the two employees let go by Wallake
One of those laid off was Noah Smith, a South Dakota-based sales and account management specialist.
Wallake told Motherboard that both of the laid-off employees were 'over-the-top nice' about it and 'assured' him and Chucta that they were 'going to be okay.'
He said he decided to make the LinkedIn post several hours later.
'I was just sitting here at my desk, just kind of crying, I guess, and decided to make the post because I have seen a lot on LinkedIn recently of how awful business owners and CEOs are for laying off their employees and that they're laying off employees while they're getting their third house in the Bahamas or wherever,' Wallake said.
Wallake and Chucta are traveling the United States, living and working remotely
The couple are pictured with their dog, Roscoe
He said he never intended to downplay
