We were investigated by Bob Ferguson for giving wedding presents and “alleged” hiring discrimination. The investigation started May 4, 2016. We paid huge legal costs and we paid a $485000 penalty to the state due to the wedding presents on April 6, 2017. Unfortunately that was not the worst result.
Being a CEO is not a popularity contest. Except in Washington State. Where a letter from a disgruntled employee can lead to an investigation. I brought e-mail to my company in 1994. In the first year we were stringing network cables from the ceiling tiles. Employees remember when I would pay a buck out of my pocket for every e-mail sent. The idea was to prime the pump. I began communicating with everybody via my Electroimpact.com domain. That includes my siblings, my parents, sports teams for my children, social networking, religious, politics, an enormous web build up over twenty years. I think that most business owners are in the same boat of using their company domain for both their business and personal communication needs.
