&lt;&lt;The reason why most communiques are generic is because there&#x27;s very little upside to being abrupt publicly.&gt;&gt;<p>You are quite wrong, if anything, employees appreciate openness and decisiveness, vs. sweeping changes under the rug with generic language. There is actually a ton of upside to creating honest communication, but it&#x27;s much harder than hiding behind empty phrases, which then builds a culture of speculation (of what &quot;really happened&quot;), politics, and distrust.<p>I have no idea what really happened behind the scenes and why exactly the new CEO used this language, but I can assure you that any email from David Sacks will not be clumsy, but very deliberate and written to achieve a specific purpose. (There is some speculation on earlier threads around of why it might have been written this way).