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Bolt CEO cuts HR team, citing non-existent problems

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Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow has eliminated the company's HR department, stating that the team created non-existent problems. He believes a smaller 'people operations' team is more effective for a fast-paced startup environment. Breslow also attributed the company's previous struggles and significant valuation drop to poor decision-making and overspending by employees who had developed a sense of entitlement. AI

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Bolt CEO cuts HR team, citing non-existent problems

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Preston Fore ·

    Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’:

    Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow says a culture of “entitlement” forced a sweeping reset—including cutting the HR team, he says, which was “creating problems that didn’t exist.”

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