They called him “The Seagull”. Deconstructing Marcus Jooste`s last missive
They called him “TheSeagull”. The nickname, which was only uttered behind closed doors and among friends, was a name that Marcus Jooste had earned, not by virtue of his free flying nature, but instead this name was acquired as a result of his uncompromising hardnosed executive style. Marcus was the seagull because he would fly in, shit all over his executives and then fly out. In one particular nasty moment in which Marcus displayed his propensity for flying in and shitting on people, he made sure that he had a captive audience and used the moment for maximum humiliation. It was after eight on a Friday evening when executives of one of the groups companies, received an sms demanding their presence at the office the next morning at 8am sharp. Being called to an urgent meeting on a Saturday morning by the Chief executive officer of the group was a clear indication that they were either going to receive an unprecedented bonus, or there was some serious shitting in the offin...